A deep clean will be given to some of the busiest highways and byways of the Lancaster district.
Key areas across Lancaster, Morecambe and Carnforth are being given an added level of sparkle by Lancaster City Council.
The work taking place includes:
• Deep clean and general weed removal across busy pedestrianised areas and streets • Removal of sand from beneath all benches and street furniture in Morecambe • Monolith (stone) cleaning in Lancaster • Clean-up and restoration of benches, including graffiti and sticker removal • Manual removal of vegetation from promenade rock armour in Morecambe
The work has been funded by the government's Welcome Back Fund to support the safe return of people to the high street following the Covid-19 pandemic.
It will take place over the next three weeks, with some taking place at night due to the logistics of undertaking a deep clean whilst there is considerable footfall.
“As we welcome people back after what has been a very tough two years, it is imperative that visitors are left with a good impression and want to come back year after year," said Councillor Tricia Heath, cabinet member with responsibility for economic recovery.
“With that in mind the money from the Welcome Back Fund has provided us with the opportunity to give some of our highest footfall areas a really good deep clean so they’re looking their best.”
The Welcome Back Fund is part of the European Development Regional Fund (ERDF), made available to local authorities by the UK Government as part of the Covid-19 response.
In addition to the deep cleans taking place over the next few weeks, it has also helped to fund a number of initiatives including Morecambe’s Dino-Shore-Us event, free bus travel for Christmas shoppers in Lancaster, Heysham Christmas Markets, and Chinese New Year celebrations.
Upcoming events also provided through the Welcome Back Fund include a silent film show in Lancaster on March 20 and a pop-up market and laser show in Morecambe on March 26.
*Lancaster City Council has received £228,905 of funding from the England European Regional Development Fund as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (and in London the intermediate body Greater London Authority) is the Managing Authority for European Regional Development Fund.
Established by the European Union, the European Regional Development Fund helps local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support innovation, businesses, create jobs and local community regenerations. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding.


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