Gully Cleaning/Street Cleaning issues.

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gledswood

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Our local council had two cleaning machines operating on the street where I live this week. The larger machine had brushes attached and would skirt the edge of the footpath along the roadside kerb, washing, sweeping and cleaning as it went. I noticed when the machine came to an awkward section of road, where cars might be parked it just passed by. There was a second person in the lorry who I understand is supposed to leave the lorry, sweep these awkward areas and sweep the footpath debris on to the road so the machine can suck it up. This person never left the lorry at any time as I watched.

The end result is a half cleaned roadway and ignored footpaths. Some of the leaves on the footpath have been there since last Autumn.

It seems that there are no supervisors who check the roads after the work was completed either.
 
DCC have installed wands to protect cyclists but as a result the street can’t be swept to the verge.

On a rainy day in autumn a cyclist is far more at risk from a slippy surface than being hit by a car.
 
Leper said:
The people living in the area clean footpaths etc themselves. A bit of community spirit would solve the “problem” described.
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I've seen people do that where I've lived, and Dublin City Council either not collect the bags because they were the "wrong sort", or take so long to collect them the bags had disintegrated. They used to put them in their own bins, but then bin charges came in & the volume of waste would have filled their bins times over. So people stopped.
 
Brendan Burgess said:
Well ask the people who live in the houses to sweep the footpath in front of their houses. It's good exercise
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Well all sorts of people live on the road where I live. Young, old, not bothered, aware, unaware and so on.

If the local council send out a machine to clean the gulley running alongside the kerb, I think they should do a thorough job, rather than half a job.
 
It's unreasonable to expect a second person to sweep around/under people's cars parked on the road. Think about how much time that would take, the sweeper would be long gone.
 
In some cities is there a thing, no parking on the road on some particular day \ timeslot per month?
To facilitate road cleaning.
Or did I imagine seeing signs like that?

I did live on one particularly leafy street in Dublin where there were fliers dropped in asking people not to park on the road on one particular day to facilitate road cleaning.
But you'd need a community group \ liaison with the council for that.
 
odyssey06 said:
I've seen people do that where I've lived, and Dublin City Council either not collect the bags because they were the "wrong sort", or take so long to collect them the bags had disintegrated.
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Dublin City Council assist many community groups, such as Tidy Towns, City Neighbourhoods, Pride of Place and Environmental Groups in their efforts in keeping the city free of litter. These groups are provided with cleaning equipment and all litter is collected and disposed of by Dublin City...
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@ClubMan yes the group liaised with Dublin City Council, left the bagged up leaves, foliage etc from the trees at the collection zone and the bags sat there disintegrating. Eventually randomers started dumping general rubbish there.
 
It probably needs someone on the street to take charge. Let the council know that the bags are ready.
How many leaves are there? I do the front of my house and the neighbours on either side. I put them in the brown bin. But a lot of people make their own compost.

If there is a car parked outside my neighbour's house, I don't go near it in case I set off the alarm.
 
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Looking along this thread I see some want their street cleaned for them. Some clean the street but want the council to collect the bags of rubbish. When I said we clean our own area and we dispose of the rubbish ourselves too. I accept there are streets that must be left to the local council to clean for various reasons. But, if you are going to do a job, complete it and don’t depend on the local council. Some people won’t join in the effort. Not much you can do about that, but you’d hope they will at some future stage.
 
This is where your property tax goes.

"The tax was supposed to fund local services better. Think more bins, public toilets, more frequent street cleaning, nicer lighting, more public seating, better maintenance of roads and pavements and investment in things like local libraries and swimming pools."

I am all in favour of helping the community but I expect my local council to be as committed as I am to keeping my street clean.
 
SlurrySlump said:
I am all in favour of helping the community but I expect my local council to be as committed as I am to keeping my street clean.
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I don't expect my local council to do anything. If I heard someone was getting a job in the council I would not assume that they had a strong work ethic and a go-getting attitude. Whenever my local council do something constructive in my local area it is a pleasant surprise.
 
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We have a sweeper that does the gulleys in our estate on a random basis. Again, it skirts parked cars, ignores the areas around the two grassed amenity areas and ignores the footpaths. This isn't a problem where there are houses but the footpath around the perimeter of the church never gets attention and the church grounds have several beautiful deciduous trees.

Once upon a time we had a voluntary residents' group who did regular clean ups but it was left to 3 or 4 of us out of the 64 houses to try to keep it going, but we got tired and infirm. Don't get me wrong the place is very far from being a tip, but it could be better.
 
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