An initiative to clean up Spalding is making ‘amazing inroads’ it’s been claimed as a prominent business lady has called for authorities to make sure the town is cleaner
Sue Stubley has run Occasions Jewellers on Bridge Street for nearly 20 years.
She says she’s fed up of the state of the town.
“It’s filthy and you never see the sweeper coming round.
“Parts of it look a mess. It’s great that they moved the homeless people on down Abbey Passage but now it’s covered in pigeon poo again.
“People aren’t going to want to come here if it’s not clean.
“There’s been a lot of money from the likes of the Spalding Neighbourhood Board going towards projects and I find it a bit odd none of it has gone on anything to keep the town clean.”
Sue’s comments come not long after the announcement of a new cleaning initiative that has been launched in the town through the Spalding Business Improvement District (BID) and its manager Sarah Fletcher says she’s amazed at the progress it’s already having.
It involves a private cleaning firm going out to grot spots identified by the patrols of the town being carried out by SLS UK.
Sarah highlights Barber’s Cut as one of the biggest clean ups. BID has also provided CCTV for the walkway between the riverside and Double Street as a particular success story be the new scheme.
“We had a lot of nearby businesses concerned by the state of it, so the company we’re dealing with cleaned it up,” said Sarah. “The CCTV we’ve put in has already caught someone dumping there and they’ve been told they can no longer do it.
“The Wombles of Spalding Common have said they’ve never seen that area so clear.
“Given it’s only been going a few weeks they’re making tremendous progress.
“We’re not looking to clean areas that are the responsibility of the council, it would be wrong for the BID to be using the money of businesses on something their council tax should be paying for.
“As a result it’s mainly private property the team are approaching for permission to clean up.
“The amount of work they’ve done is amazing.
“I understand Sue’s frustrations and businesses.
“The team are really trying hard and are already making inroads.”
Sue says she hopes the wardens will be particularly around when the schools are back.
“They need to come round when the kids are around in the morning before chucking litter,” she said. “It’s not all the kids, but it’s quite a few.
“I know someone who was fined £150 recently for putting a cigarette butt down a drain but there are not enough bins.”
