The appearance of the city centre streets has been highlighted to the BID as an area of significant concern to businesses. As a result, Cardiff BID conducted targeted additional street cleansing in the lead up to Christmas to ensure that the streets were presented in the best possible light over the festive period. This included street washing, flyposting removal, chewing gum removal, graffiti removal and utility box painting. A deep clean was also done in high footfall areas such as Queen Street, High Street, St Mary Street and Caroline Street.
We were delighted by the positive feedback from BID businesses and the results from the before and after photos speak for themselves. As one of the first pilot projects this scheme will now be reviewed before we consider developing a longer term strategy for better cleanliness and presentation of the city centre.