NHS staff at a mobile testing site in a Fordingbridge car park have reported being verbally abused by people wanting to use the recycling facilities.

New Forest District Council has urged residents to be "patient" if they have glass recycling they wish to take to the Fordingbridge A338 slip road car park as it is closed until Thursday (March 4), while it is used as a mobile temporary coronavirus testing site.

This request, it says, comes after reports from NHS staff on site that they have been verbally abused by some people attempting to use the recycling banks.

David Hurd, the car park manager at NFDC said: “The whole site is closed in order to allow the safe operation of a testing site. We understand the temporary inconvenience but ask that residents use another site, or their kerbside home collection black box for glass recycling, if they cannot wait until Thursday.

“This mobile testing site, which is operational for a few days in the month, is particularly important so our residents in more rural areas, who may not have ready access to public transport, are able to quickly and safely access testing without the need to travel great distances.”

More dates have been announced for the mobile Covid testing site to visit Fordingbridge.

The A338 clip road car park will host the mobile testing site once again on March 16, 17 and 18, which means the car park will be closed.

Alternative parking is available at Fordingbridge Town Centre Car Park.

 

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