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Deputy Premier Julian Fraser has urged elected representatives to speak to residents who dump waste, saying the Government cleans the territory only for areas to become dirty again within days.
Responding recently in the House of Assembly to complaints from Sixth District Representative Myron Walwyn and Eighth District Representative Marlon Penn, Fraser said residents must also take responsibility for keeping their communities clean.
“It isn’t as if we don’t clean the place. We do. We just don’t get the opportunity to keep it clean. You need to talk to your people. Somewhere this mess coming from, it doesn’t fall from the sky,” Fraser said.
Walwyn had raised concerns about abandoned vehicles and dumped waste, saying, “I want to see the derelict vehicles moved out of my district.” Penn also criticised the territory’s condition, particularly at Trellis Bay, asking, “Is this what we are presenting to our tourists?”
Fraser said clean-up efforts would continue, but called for those in government carrying out the work to publicise when areas had been cleared so the public could see how quickly waste returned.
“We clean it and we’re gonna clean it again and again,” he said.
He also called on those running the Registration, Apprenticeship, Training, Employment and Development (RATED) programme to continue help clean the territory.
Fraser urged legislators to reinforce the message that keeping communities clean requires residents’ cooperation.
“We need to be talking to our people and telling them, listen, you have a responsibility to keep the place clean,” he said.
Responding recently in the House of Assembly to complaints from Sixth District Representative Myron Walwyn and Eighth District Representative Marlon Penn, Fraser said residents must also take responsibility for keeping their communities clean.
“It isn’t as if we don’t clean the place. We do. We just don’t get the opportunity to keep it clean. You need to talk to your people. Somewhere this mess coming from, it doesn’t fall from the sky,” Fraser said.
Walwyn had raised concerns about abandoned vehicles and dumped waste, saying, “I want to see the derelict vehicles moved out of my district.” Penn also criticised the territory’s condition, particularly at Trellis Bay, asking, “Is this what we are presenting to our tourists?”
Fraser said clean-up efforts would continue, but called for those in government carrying out the work to publicise when areas had been cleared so the public could see how quickly waste returned.
“We clean it and we’re gonna clean it again and again,” he said.
He also called on those running the Registration, Apprenticeship, Training, Employment and Development (RATED) programme to continue help clean the territory.
Fraser urged legislators to reinforce the message that keeping communities clean requires residents’ cooperation.
“We need to be talking to our people and telling them, listen, you have a responsibility to keep the place clean,” he said.
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