READERS of The Bolton News will tonight get their chance to quiz town hall chiefs over the borough’s bin fiasco.

Thousands of households have seen their services disrupted after Bolton Council rearranged bin collection routes and changes to collection days.

But the local authority, which brought in the changes to save taxpayers’ cash, has asked people in the town to put up with what it says are “teething problems”.

Around 95 per cent of households have not experienced any problems, the authority says.

Civic leaders insist any problems will be eradicated once the refuse collection teams become more acustomed to the new rounds.

And they are confident the changes will save money from the annual £400,000 spent on fuel for the wagons to cover the rounds.

The Bolton News has organised the public meeting to give readers a chance to have their say on the collections and how they have been affected — some residents have threatened to stop paying their council tax unless they see an improvement.

The event will also give the town’s leaders a chance to explain their position.

Council leader Cllr Cliff Morris, Cllr Sufrana Bashir-Ismail, executive member for cleaner, greener, safer, and Malcolm Cox, the council’s director of environmental services, will be on the panel alongside a senior member of The Bolton News’ editorial team.

Cllr Morris said: “The meeting will give us the chance to explain the reasons behind the modernisation of the collection service.”

The meeting will be chaired by solicitor Alan Walsh.

It takes place at the University of Bolton’s Deane Lecture Theatre.

Limited parking is available on the campus and this can be accessed via University Way and Deane Road.

Due to ongoing construction work, there is no access on to Deane Road from Derby Street. A sign-posted diversion to Deane Road is in place along Derby Street and University Way.

The doors open at 7pm and the meeting starts at 7.30pm.

There are still a limited number of tickets available. Call the newsdesk on 01204 537259 for details.