Union Street gets an 'Autumn spruce-up'
The pressure washer is out for pavements, doorways and roads.
Last updated 6th Sep 2021
Union Street's pavements, doorways and roads are getting an 'Autumn spruce-up'.
They are befitting from pressure washing, cleaning, repairs, tree-trimming and painting.
Several nearby roads are also set to benefit.
The Council say grime, moss and weeds will be removed with minor repairs to roads also being carried out.
Repainting work on fences and bollards will take place and many winter planets are being planted to add some colour.
Aberdeen City Council Leader Councillor Jenny Laing said: “We usually carry out a pressure wash, de-weed and de-mossing every few months on Union Street due to the dirt and grime which collects on the granite and Caithness slab pavements.
“We organised for an additional spruce-up to carry out extra tidying and repairing as work continues behind the scenes for the longer-term improvements to Union Street’s streetscape as part of the City Centre Masterplan.
“The ‘before’ and ‘after’ pictures are particularly good at showing the difference the cleaning work makes and we hope people visiting our shops, pubs, and restaurants will enjoy the cleaner Union Street.”
The work on Union Street includes power-washing pavements and doorways on Union Street and 20/30yds into side streets, and the same on Bridge Street, Market Street, Broad Street, Castle Street, St Nicholas Street, Belmont Street, and Back Wynd.
It also includes removing chewing gum, painting street furniture, replacing ashtrays and tops of big belly bins, replacing some litter bins on the same streets, and trimming trees at the Smith Screen.
There roads team has also been undertaking additional gully emptying, lifting and replacing damaged isolated slabs, signage repairs, and road patching.
The roads team have also been hard at work, emptying gullys, lifting and replacing damage slabs, patching roads and repairing signage.
The bulk of the roads team’s work is all expected to be finished this week and the environment team’s will continue through September.