3.1 Street Cleaning
An intensive street cleaning schedule exists for Kilkenny City and municipal district areas covering Castlecomer, Callan, Piltown & Thomastown. In 2016, the street cleaning (road sweepers operations) accounted for 80% of total litter control expenditure.
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New sweepers for Callan, Castlecomer, Graiguenamanagh & Thomastown arrived in 2016 following a procurement process run in conjunction with the Office of Government Procurement. |
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Action No. |
Description |
Expected Completion Date |
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SC1 |
Continue Kilkenny City 7 day street cleaning service including litter bin maintenance |
On-going |
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SC2 |
Continue the Kilkenny City 3 day week street washing program on the Parade, Canal Square, St. Canice’s Steps, St. Mary’s Steps, Butter Slip |
On-going |
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SC3 |
Retain stewardship of the castle parade and canal walk in Kilkenny City by the public realm warden |
On-going |
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SC4 |
Review Street Sweeper schedule annually set for the city environs and municipal districts to assess if it meets the needs of the county |
Annually |
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SC5 |
Introduce a waste management protocol for all street sweeper operators |
Q1 2018 |
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SC6 |
Assess the potential deployment of a road sweeper retrofitted to service national and regional roads with the capability to pick litter via a long arm suction device |
Q1 2018 |
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SC7 |
Co ordinate outdoor staff schedules with external parties (community schemes) to maximise litter control activities over a weekly basis in municipal districts |
Q1/Q2 2018 |