Spring clean for Plymouth city centre in advance of torch arrival
THE ANNUAL spring clean of Plymouth is to take place next week – timed to beat the arrival of the Olympic Torch.
'Clean week' will start on Monday and areas earmarked for attention include Bretonside, West Pier and the Barbican.
Thousands of people are expected to flock to the city on Saturday May 19 when Plymouth hosts not only Lord Mayor's Day and the P1 Powerboat Championships, but also the Olympic Torch Relay and evening celebrations on the Hoe.
Clint Jones, Plymouth City Centre manager said: "Clean Week is a great chance for everyone in Plymouth to come together and show how proud we are of our city by helping to make it look as good as possible for the summer.
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"We have lots of exciting events coming up, including the Olympic Torch Relay and Armed Forces Day, where people from across the country will be coming to Plymouth and seeing it on television, so we want to make sure we make a good impression."
Volunteers and teams of workers from Plymouth City Council will be cleaning and painting street furniture on Armada Way, planting flower beds on New George Street, power-washing Bretonside, giving the benches and bollards on West Pier a lick of paint as well as replacing the missing railings.
A new decorative planting scheme will be instilled across the Barbican including a landscaped boat feature on Barbican Ope. Tourism signs across the waterfront will be cleaned and repaired.
The spruce up has been jointly organised by Plymouth City Centre Company and Plymouth Waterfront Partnership, the new Waterfront Business Improvement District.
As well as the spring clean programme event organisers are urging people to plan their journeys and use public transport where possible for the Olympic Torch celebrations.
Live entertainment for the Olympic evening celebration on the Hoe will start at 7pm. One of those to perform will include Plymouth Dance who have been commissioned by the council to perform a piece choreographed by Jules Laville, dance director at the Barbican Theatre.
The Torch Relay reaches Devonport at 7.40pm and will arrive at the Hoe at about 8.50pm.
There will be an extended park and ride service for Saturday evening with buses running every 20 minutes from the George Junction, Milehouse and Coypool park and ride.
The last park and ride service will be at 10.15pm.
Clive Perkin, assistant director for transport, said: "We are expecting large crowds for this fantastic event so I would urge everyone to plan their journeys and allow plenty of time to get to their chosen vantage points on the torch relay route and up onto the Hoe."
Bretonside bus station will be unavailable for coaches and lorries between 11am on Saturday May 19 and 11am on the Sunday for anything other than scheduled passenger pick ups and set downs.
All lorries and coaches requiring layovers of more than 10 minutes, including overnight parking, will need to make alternative arrangements.
To view the relay route visit: www.plymouth.gov.uk/olympic-torch-relay.
See Tuesday's Herald for a free guide to what's happening this summer in Plymouth.
Comment – Page 11
Comments
by jboy66
Tuesday, May 15 2012, 10:16PM
“Any chance one guy and a mobile jet washer could nip through central park (ford park entrance) and jet wash every picnic table which are thick with green mouldy fungus. Maybe families could actually sit at them as they were designed for.”
by crazypenguin
Monday, May 14 2012, 9:24AM
“oh yeah thats an awesome event, but i think there being way to optimistic when talking about lord mayors day and the torch relay, dont think the attendence will be quite what they are hoping haha”
by pogle63
Monday, May 14 2012, 9:10AM
“@crazypenguin - National Fireworks competition is always a good turn out and worth seeing.
I love it! Out there on the water.”
by pogle63
Monday, May 14 2012, 9:08AM
“Unlike the recent £30,000 waste of money on the recent A38 clean up, the council won`t have any undergrowth to toss the rubbish into and declare everything spick and span.”
by crazypenguin
Monday, May 14 2012, 9:04AM
“the only thing that will attract a decent amount of people to the city is the powerboat racing because its the only thing with any excitement attached to it, are they really stupid enough to think anyone gives a toss about lord mayors day? and as for the torch relay the poll on this very website shows how little people care about that.
As for cleaning the city ready for such events how about the money and effort was spent on keeping it clean for the residents rather then just when the press are looking our way eh pcc?”
by LippyLainey
Monday, May 14 2012, 8:52AM
“if 'Clint' was so proud of our City, he would have done all these things before, not just because of the Olympic Torch and the press being here......”
by ewan55
Saturday, May 12 2012, 11:17AM
“I am looking forward to seeing Clint Jones out every day in clean week with his hi-vis jacket doing his bit (3 hours a day) picking up the daily rubish which litters our city.”
by alsina
Saturday, May 12 2012, 10:47AM
“You can't polish a ****.”
by Mickey111
Saturday, May 12 2012, 10:34AM
“It will take more than a few days to 'springclean' Plymouth and its inhabitants!!!”
by mike175uk
Saturday, May 12 2012, 10:20AM
“jabbathebutt they got to make money and so adverts is necessary just dont put your mouse over it then it wont appear.”