MBIs clean up in Morley!



New street cleansing barrow coming to Morley

 Street cleaners in Morley will shortly return to the Town Centre with a street cleaning barrow – a piece of equipment not used in Leeds for many years. The return to traditional street cleansing measures follows action taken by my colleague Councillor Judith Elliott who campaigned for the barrows to be returned on to Morley Streets.

The Street Cleaner with his brush and barrow was something many of us remember from previous years. This return to a traditional street cleansing approach is very welcome as I believe – as do many local residents – that this approach is a better way to keep our street clean.

The barrow should be seen in Morley Town Centre over the next couple of weeks. A similar approach to street cleaning still operates across neighbouring Kirklees Council.

This traditional approach will be more effective in clearing the streets of smaller items of rubbish and particularly cigarette tab ends. The brush and barrow allows the Street Cleaner to get right down to the nitty gritty and will allow us to keep the streets tidier. We are also looking at higher levels of enforcement and officers will be patrolling the streets to issue penalty notices to litter louts.

Although I am accused often of only having an interest in the heavy duty issues around Morley – such as Planning or Travellers sites – street cleansing is an area where we need to try harder – even in these cash strapped times – to improve the quality of life of local residents and to keep the town centre as tidy as we can.

The MBI colours of the street cleaning barrow are purely coincidental!