Countdown to St Aidan’s Big Tidy Up
(Date of issue: Tuesday, 1 September 2009)
Local St Aidan’s ward residents are being urged to support next
week’s Big Tidy Up campaign.
Starting next Monday (7 September) and continuing on until
Sunday, 13 September, 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.
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 on Saturday, 12 September,
starting at 9am. Anyone interested in taking part, should meet at
Greystone Community Centre, Close Street. All equipment will be
provided by the City Council. Anyone interested in taking part,
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 gullies at difficult
locations. At the same time, a mechanical sweeper will sweep the
gutters so the locations are left as clean as possible. Letters
will be sent to local residents setting out when the work is
planned to happen.
City Councillor Ray Bloxham, Portfolio holder for Environment
and Infrastructure, 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.
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 Greystone Community
Centre, Close Street throughout the week and staff from Carlisle
City Council and partners will be on hand to answer residents’
questions on local issues and the services available to
communities.
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