Streets around Saltney Ferry have benefited from a major spring clean recently, thanks to the considerable efforts of the local community, Flintshire County Council staff, and North Wales Police, to name but a few of the partners who took part.
The Saltney Ferry Spring Clean-up was predominantly funded with a grant of £6,500 from the Welsh Assembly Government’s Tidy Towns fund. The money was secured by the Council’s Regeneration team on behalf of the Saltney Ferry Tenants and Residents Association. The whole of Saltney has been given Pathfinder Status under a pilot Home Office project and the Clean-up was part of the Pathfinder Initiative.
Over two days, residents joined forces with council employees from a variety of departments, as well as councillor Klaus Armstrong-Braun, the police, the Community Pay Back Service and Keep Wales Tidy, as part of a large scale environmental action project to clean and tidy the areas of Ewart Street, North Street and Flint Road in Saltney Ferry.
Over the course of those two days, the streets were cleaned, pavements were jet washed, pot holes were filled, graffiti was scrubbed away, and large skips were provided, as were new rubbish bins. The group then set about painting 68 yard gates, installing a new park bench and new bollards, and planting new trees and bulbs.
The local Morrisons store also gave £100 towards cleaning products. 100 bags of cleaning products were made up and provided free to residents who could demonstrate that they had helped clean up the area.
Mavis Crofts was one Saltney Ferry resident who took part. She said:
“There was 100% improvement from when I walked into the village at 9.30 am to when the day was ending.”
Another local lady, Cherry Evans, said:
“The day was a great success, residents and partners worked well together”.
Neighbourhood Housing Manager Hannah Fargher, who leads the Pathfinder project in Saltney said:
“This event has demonstrated how, by bringing service providers, local residents and businesses together we can achieve so much more for our communities.
“The Pathfinder initiative enables us to support local people to work together to improve the quality of life for everybody in that area.
“In this particular case we focussed on the Ewart Street, North Street and Flint Road areas of Saltney Ferry because we want people to feel proud to live here. We’ve been extremely impressed by what we managed to achieve over two days of intense yet rewarding work.”
