Twelve new pieces of street cleansing equipment have been unveiled as part of a £200,000 investment into more effective machines to maintain clean streets and open spaces.
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Six new mechanical sweepers, four new electric powered vacuum machines, and two large caged electric powered trolleys have been deployed in the war against litter and detritus.
Councillor David Dixon (Lib-Dem, Oldfield), Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said, “The new equipment enables our Neighbourhood Team staff to work more efficiently. It will help Bath & North East Somerset Council to improve the cleanliness of our streets and open spaces and ultimately create neighbourhoods where people feel proud to live.
“Although all of our Neighbourhood Teams are working hard to maintain street cleanliness, the first line of defence against litter is people themselves. If everyone disposed of their litter responsibly in bins the streets would be much cleaner in the first place.”
The equipment will be deployed throughout the district and will be further strengthened later in the year by an electric truck that will be primarily used for winter street washing and will also undertake hanging basket watering.
Bill Walters, Council Neighbourhood Team Manager, said, “Instead of brushing or shovelling up detritus, or picking up individual pieces of litter and putting it in a push along cart, the new mechanised equipment is working all of the time with no need to keep stopping. It sucks up debris as it goes.”
How the public can help:
People can play their part in keeping the streets clean and tidy by not only disposing of litter responsibly, but also contacting the Council when they see a litter hotspot via Council Connect.
