How the Council coud tackle chewing gum, grime and graffitti

New high pressure jet hoses could help clean up the urban blight of chewing gum and grime across the city. I spent a morning over the weekend taking part in a demonstration of the water based jet hoses by local company H20 in Waterloo Street and Western Road, Hove. Thy undertake work for a number of local authorities and have been working in a private capacity in he city.

The high pressure hoses, which do not use chemicals, can clean off grime, graffiti, chewing gun and return paving or surfaces to new. It literally cleans up the paving like new - removing all the unsightly dirt, grime and especially chewing gum.

Every pavement in the city centre needs this, especially in areas such as Western Road, West Street and Queens Road. It amazes me that these hoses are not already in daily use in the city, especially during peak holiday times such as this bank holiday weekend.

The council needs to look at rolling out this system and finally tackle the long term grime and chewing gun in the city.

Information about H20 can be found at http://www.h2obrighton.com/