Operational Decision 088 dated 24th March 2020
approved reduced service provision across Streetscene, including
partially standing down Grounds Maintenance works, in response the
government guidance on the Covid-19 national lockdown.
Radcliffe Town Centre has recently benefited from public realm
improvement works. These improvements included the installation of
several landscaping features, which contain free standing barrel
planters.
This type of planter requires regular watering, particularly during
dry periods. For the duration of the lockdown these features have
not been watered and as a result are showing signs of
decline.
In order to try and reinvigorate the planting it is proposed to
commence watering the barrel features throughout Radcliffe Town
Centre.
This work will be carried out using existing staff already engaged
in grounds maintenance works and will not have any impact on other
priority service delivery.