CEI Services staff and hundreds, if not thousands of Cockermouth residents use the railway bridge to access the town, the park and many other locations. It is a busy, high footfall area that looked completely different 5 years ago to how it looks now!
It used to be a place people could stop to admire the beautiful views up and down the river, have a picnic or pick berries. It is now fairly disgusting with shocking levels of graffiti and vandalism causing some people to stop using it altogether for fear of who they may encounter as they walk over it. As well as the graffiti it is overgrown with moss and weeds and generally covered in dirt and mud. All the metalwork needs also needs repainting!!
Having approached our local council with a plan of action for this area we await their response! I fear we may wait for some time though so thankfully the local press arranged to meet some residents who are particularly bothered by the areas current condition, so they could run a story in this weeks papers. Check out the article, it should be out in this Fridays local press!
CEI have proposed to work with the council to ensure the area is restored cost effectively and managed properly in the future, we want this area to be restored we are not interested in making lots of money from doing so. We have offered to use our graffiti and vandalism management experience free of charge for 6 months to prove to the council that the area doesnt have to be neglected for years then cleaned, then neglected etc etc. We are extremely confident we can make it a place to be proud of once again! We have even suggested to the council innovative ways in which we can fund the works! I hope they listen and at least speak to us about it. Most of all we hope the area gets cleaned up and we don't mind who ends up doing it really!
As you can see from our photos the area is in a real mess! Contact the council and share your view, it could help to get the issue sorted sooner!
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