Share-hire e-scooters could be scrapped from the Melbourne CBD after a spike in complaints about the electronic two-wheelers.
The Herald Sun reports the Melbourne Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece is set to move a motion on Tuesday afternoon to cancel the contracts with e-scooter providers Lime and Neuron.
Any change would not effect privately-owned scooters.
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Just last week council management provided elected members with a report recommending a host of new rules to crack down on users of the 1500 scooters currently in use in the city.
“I admit I was a supporter of the e-scooters when they when first started, but I am fed up with the rule breaking and seeing the scooters strewn all over the city like rubbish, cluttering our footpaths and creating a trip hazard and mobility challenges,” Mr Reece said last week.
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The Herald Sun reports the mayor’s motion on Tuesday is expected to pass.
The Lord Mayor has been contacted for comment.
Mr Reece was sworn in as mayor last month; his predecessor was a supporter of the scooters.
The electric scooters have been subject to a long-running trial overseen by the state government.
In July the state government decided the trial had been successful and from October e-scooters would be permitted to operate permanently, but councils still held the right to enter into contracts with scooter companies.
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The City of Port Phillip and the City of Yarra are expected to allow the continuance of e-scooters in their patches.
Hundreds of people have been admitted to Melbourne hospitals as a result of e-scooter crashes in the past six years.
The lord mayor is expected to make his motion at a council committee meeting at 5.30pm on Tuesday.