St Aidan’s residents are being urged to support a week-long Big Tidy Up campaign.

Between Monday, 19 July and Saturday, 24 July, Carlisle City Council and partners, is planning a comprehensive clean-up of the St Aidan’s area and is asking the local community to lend a hand.

Any groups or individuals who are interested in arranging a community litter picking event of their own during the Big Tidy Up are urged to contact the City Council and they give support, in addition to providing all the necessary equipment. Anyone interested in organising a litter pick, should contact 01228 618556 or 01228 817200 for more information.

During the week, the City Council’s gully cleaning crew will be asking residents to move their vehicles on certain streets, at certain times, so that they can clean blocked gullies at difficult locations. At the same time, a mechanical sweeper will sweep the gutters so the locations are left as clean as possible.

Cllr Ray Bloxham, Portfolio holder for Local Environment, said:

 “Litter, fly tipping and graffiti are major issues for local residents and we want to work alongside communities to try and stamp them out as much as we can. The Big Tidy Up week will provide us with the opportunity to work with partners and residents to tackle the problems and make a big difference to the local environment.” 

In addition to the litter picking event, Carlisle City Council will also be doing the following in the St Aidan’s area during the Big Tidy Up week: additional road sweeping; removing fly tipping; litter picking; removing fly posters; removing graffiti; washing bus stops; cleaning gullies; cleaning road signs; shrub bed maintenance; verge maintenance; removing weeds; minor highway repairs; painting bollards and other general maintenance work. There will also be an information display in Greystone Community Centre on Close Street covering environmental issues in the ward.

The CDRP (Carlisle and Eden Crime & Disorder Partnership) will also be asking residents to sign indemnity forms to allow the City Council and the Probation Service to remove graffiti from properties, free of charge, during the Big Tidy Up week.

Enforcement Officers will be checking for fly tipping and dog fouling and advising occupiers of the regulations surrounding these issues.                    

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Notes to Editors:

The Big Tidy Up is a national campaign, for further information view information here.