Bosses at Leamington's Covid 'Megalab' respond to parking and litter problems in the area

Bosses at Leamington' s Covid 'Megalab' have vowed to act on concerns raised by people living nearby about car parking and litter issues near the site.

We have previously reported on parking problems in the area, which police have already responded to.

One member of the public, who wanted to remain anonymous, has shared photos of cars lining the roads near the Rosalind Franklin Laboratory in Juno Drive and of several face masks lying on the ground and in bushes around the site.

They said: "The megalab is supposed to be helping the country.

"It's just causing chaos with its employees parking in residential streets and on the path on Spa Park and its staff leaving a mess behind them."

In September, police in Leamington reported that they had been handing out fines to drivers who had removed cones at the 'parking blackspot'.In response to concerns about parking, a spokeswoman for the UK Health Security Agency said: “The laboratory is committed to implementing sustainable transport measures to avoid adding unnecessary traffic in the local area.

"These include encouraging staff to use public transport, walk or use the cycle route between the car park and laboratory or use the free parking and shuttle bus facilities at the Old Ford Foundry car park.

"Construction is nearly completed and we are continuing to discourage all construction and supply partners from parking on local streets to minimise inconvenience to neighbours.”

And of response to the dropping of facemasks and other litter near the labroratory: “We take allegations of any type of littering by our staff extremely seriously and will be happy to investigate if evidence can be provided of our staff’s involvement.”