City Scene - August 2001: Red and Blacks on our streets

August 2001

Two 'firsts' for elections

Community Plans 2001

Scott's Link with the gardens to be remembered

Free Council parking in Central City

Council in running for top prize

Neighbourhood competitions to be held for special week

Red and Blacks on our streets

In Canterbury’s colours: Cleaners ready to get on city streets.

Street cleaners, wearing red and black uniforms, will be a distinctive sight around the city from now on.

A new cleaning contract for the city’s streets, won by Metallic Sweeping (1998) Ltd, started on 1 August.

The contract covers all street cleaning throughout the city, including Cathedral Square.

It also covers items such as emptying litter bins and litter collection, leaf collection, and other miscellaneous cleaning operations.

The cleaning contract, with a greater frequency of cleaning, is expected to bring higher standards, especially in key areas such as the central city.

Cathedral Square and the City Mall will be swept daily with urban streets every six weeks and shopping malls and industrial areas more often.

The Managing Director of Metallic Sweeping, Clive Peter, says a number of innovations are included in the cleaning contract.

These include:

The de-ordourising of rubbish bins.

Staff wearing distinctive red-and-black uniforms.

Staff trained to provide public assistance and information.

Customer-satisfaction surveys under taken.