Tory plans to scrap deep cleans is challenged

Earlier this year the Tories made a decision to scrap deep cleans without consulting ward councillors or their project partners.

The county council need the roads clear of parked cars to clean the gullies.

Deep cleans are used in four wards in Gloucester where there are roads with no off-street parking. Kingsholm & Wotton is one of the wards that benefited from deep cleans.

Jeremy Hilton said: "We have challenged this decision by the Tory cabinet member. Now the scrutiny committee is to investigate. Officers and cabinet members are going to be questioned in an open forum about how the council cleans the older parts of the city like Kingsholm."

Isabel Brazil agreed: "It is disgraceful that the Tories scrapped deep cleans without consulting ward councillors. We are always willing to discuss ways of
improving street cleaning, but scrapping the scheme without consultation is just not on."