Helping to enhance Ross-on-Wye town centre
10 May 2023
Ross-on-Wye Town Council are delighted to announce the addition of a Town Centre Cleansing Operative to the team. You may have spotted the new team member, Pete Jones, out and about around the heart of the town already. Pete will provide additional resources to all areas of the Town Council, in particular the Town Centre and the surrounding area ensuring that the cleanliness of our Town is maintained to a high standard. Pete will be a visible presence and a focal point, especially on market days and weekends and is an integrated part of our approach to managing key spaces as centres for our community and visitors.
The new Town Centre Operative will have specified daily routes to make sure that standards are boosted in areas of the town centre, this will include on-going deeper cleansing of shopping areas and town ‘gateways’.
Operations Manager, Duncan Rowe, said: “It is hoped that Pete will help foster a culture of ownership from members of the public, shop owners, and traders, all of which will contribute to the enhancement of the town centre image and cleanliness. This proactive engagement will actively address the issue at source and over time improve and reduce the litter within the ‘Heart of Ross’. This will raise the current standards provided by the existing Herefordshire County Council contract and ensure that these areas are maintained in line with the local needs and ambitions of the Town Council.”