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Painting railings in Aspull
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Painting railings in Aspull
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The team in Ince with the Leader
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Pruning flowers in Lowton
We launched the Cleaner, Greener project in response to residents who told us they wanted to see improvements in their local town centres during the Big Listening Project.
Improvement works took place over a 6 month period across 12 districts, between May and October 2021, and was a huge success for Wigan Borough. The 12 district centres were: Hindley, Golborne, Ince, Orrell, Aspull, Lowton, Standish, Pemberton, Ashton, Atherton, Platt Bridge and Tyldesley.
The project was made possible after Councillor David Molyneux, leader of Wigan Council, committed £1 million to fund the improvements.
The next phase of the Our Town Cleaner, Greener project in 2022 is visiting 13 more districts, with improvement works carried out in: Bryn, Douglas, Atherleigh, Astley / Mosley Common, Wigan West, Wigan Central, Leigh East, Leigh West, Shevington, Hindley Green, Worsley Mesnes, Winstanley, and Leigh South.
What did we do?
Spanning public realm, street-scene and environmental projects, works in 2021 included:
- 10,000m2 of jet washing
- 176 new bins installed
- 24 miles of roads and footways swept
- 28 "grot spots" cleaned
- 45 tonnes of litter and fly tipping removed
- Over 40,000 linear metres of road markings
- 1,700 items of street furniture painted
- 1,400 items of street clutter removed
- Engagement with over 1,000 local businesses
- 94 volunteers with over 280 hours of litter picking
- 7 Our Town Live events held.