Street cleaning gets some new wheels
Extra wheels are being added to Salford’s fleet of street cleaners with the introduction of two new vehicles.
Salix Homes, Salford City Council's housing management company for central Salford, has brought in a new road sweeper and a fly tipping van to help keep the area clean.
The two vehicles will work alongside an existing team of 42 street cleaners provided by the council's environmental services.
They will act as a rapid response team for central Salford and will be sent out as and when needed to deal with any concerns from residents about fly-tipping or litter in their neighbourhoods.
The cleaners are part of Salix Homes' Better Neighbourhoods programme and local partnership working to transform neighbourhoods by making them cleaner, greener and safer.
Sue Sutton, head of better neighbourhoods for Salix Homes said: "As well as providing housing services, we play a wider role in developing neighbourhoods and these cleaners are an example of the different types of work we're doing with partners to continuously improve services for local people."
Added Cllr Keith Mann, Salford City Council's lead member for the environment: "These new vehicles are additional to the council's street cleaning service and will be used when required to respond to any issues from people living areas managed by Salix Homes.”
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Salix Homes Ltd is helping to deliver Salford City Council's five-year strategy to bring all council housing up to the Decent Homes Standard, a multi-million pound vision for the city.
Salix Homes is an Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO) and is a not-for-profit company responsible for the day-to-day management of 10,600 homes across Central Salford, Rainsough Brow and Beechfarm.
It also assists the council in the operational delivery of the Housing Market Renewal Programme.
For more information on Salix Homes, please contact Public Relations Officer, Katy Barnes on 0161 793 3157
