Belle Vue Big Tidy Up gets underway

(Date of issue: Tuesday, 29 September 2009)

Work to clear up a local area in Carlisle is now underway.

As part of a Big Tidy Up campaign, Belle Vue ward is getting a comprehensive clean-up and residents are being urged to give their support.

Carlisle City Council and partners have organised the work which started yesterday (Monday, 28 September) and will continue on until this Saturday (3 October).

Volunteers who want to take an active part in making their local environment cleaner, greener and safer, are being asked to take part in a litter-pick. This will be held this Saturday (3 October), starting at 9am. Anyone interested in taking part, should meet at The Living Well Trust building, Shadygrove Road. All equipment will be provided by the City Council. Anyone interested in taking part, should contact 01228 618556 or 01228 817200 for more information.

Cllr Jessica Riddle, speaking on behalf of the Labour Belle Vue City Ward Councillors, said:

"I am delighted that this Big Tidy Up is going ahead in Belle Vue and that local residents are also lending a hand. We all need to take responsibility for keeping our neighbourhood tidy."

Cllr Mike Clarke, Conservative Belle Vue City Councillor, said:

"It is very good to see this Big Tidy Up week taking place. The joint actions of both the City Council and the residents of Belle Vue during this week are a wonderful example of ‘working with the community’.

"I hope their efforts will show an immediate and long lasting impact in the area. My  congratulations to all who take part."

In addition to the litter picking event, Carlisle City Council will also be doing the following in the Belle Vue 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.

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.

An information display will in place at the Living Well Trust building, Shadygrove Road throughout the week and staff from Carlisle City Council and partners will be on hand between 9.30am and 10.30am to answer residents’ questions on local issues and the services available to communities.