£250k deal will keep streets spic and span
Cash boost comes as clean-up campaign launched
David Campbell
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The council campaign will encourage families to take pride in their area and work together to improve its cleanliness and appearance.
Councillors voted in June to approve the initial investment to clean up streets and gullies.
This coincides with a community-led campaign to tidy up Renfrewshire’s streets and parks.
It will support community members to carr y out clean- ups and highlight key issues, such as littering, dog fouling and fly-tipping.
Community groups, schools, businesses and community councils will be spoken with to create opportunities to improve the Renfrewshire area.
Convener of Renfrewshire Council’s environment board, Councillor Cathy McEwan joined depute convener Councillor Natalie Don at Trinity High in Renfrew to launch the campaign yesterday.
Councillor McEwan said: “Having listened to our residents, it was identified that the cleanliness of our streets was a key issue we need to address which is why we have made this £250,000 investment.
“We will be making improvements to our road sweeping, gully cleaning and roads infrastructure to ensure that we are doing all we can to improve the standards of cleanliness in Renfrewshire on an operational level.
“But we want to promote a pride in Renfrewshire’s appearance and this means we need everyone to work together to make our area a cleaner, brighter and more attractive place to live.
“If we all work together to avoid littering, fly-tipping and other damaging activities, then we will see the standards improve almost immediately.
“So please get involved, take part in the community cleanups and let’s ‘Team Up to Clean Up’ the Renfrewshire area.”
The investment will see an increase in mechanical road sweeping, as well as gully clearing, across Renfrewshire, which will improve the area’s resistance to flooding and improve the condition of roads.
There will also be an expansion of the Rapid Response Team to ensure a focus on Renfrewshire’s villages and the team will continue to identify and remove unsightly rubbish from key hotspot areas.
An inspection of the roads infrastructure in Renfrewshire is taking place, which will include the repair, replacement and cleaning of signage, removing anything redundant.
A section of the Renfrewshire Council website is being created which will provide information on the campaign and how to get involved.
We will be making improvements to road sweeping, gully cleaning and roads infrastructure