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| Street cleansing |
Primary retail - daily. Secondary retail - weekly. Highways - monthly. Public open spaces - monthly |
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| Public convenience cleansing |
Daily - all year |
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| Mechanical sweeping |
All year where needed - more often in the autumn when leaf fall is heavy |
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| Fly-tipping removal |
All year where needed |
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| Graffiti removal |
All year where needed |
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| Chester city street washing - external provider |
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| Deep cleansing - Joint work with Highways |
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Joint targeted operation to identify roads where normal maintenance was not possible due to parked vehicles |
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| Leaf fall |
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Planned schedule of leaf collection (plus as needed) |
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| Weed treatment - external provider |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Grass cutting |
Formal park - weekly. Rural - monthly. Amenity grass - fortnightly. Habitat/natural areas - 2 to 3 times a year. |
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Mid March start |
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| Hedge maintenance |
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Work as needed for safety reasons due to restrictions under the Countryside and Wildlife Act |
Scheduled maintenance after nesting season ends |
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| Tree works |
Felling work as needed for safety reasons |
Pruning/felling work as needed |
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| Shrub maintenance |
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Cycle of planned work |
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| Floral displays including bedding/baskets/planters preparation and planting |
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Yes |
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Yes |
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| Specialist attractions grass maintenance (parks/sports areas and formal sites) |
Full range of grass maintenance operations including general grass maintenance, fine turf maintenance and specialist operations eg, bowling greens, repairs to cricket squares and football goalmouths, etc (twice weekly if necessary) |
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| External works – eg, Plus Dane Housing maintenance |
All year round cycle of planned work, and work where needed, including maintenance of grass, hedges, shrubs and tree works |
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| Cemetery work/burials |
Closed churchyard maintenance, burials, grave digging, etc - cycle |
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| Asset repairs/new installations (stiles, gates, bridges and signage |
All year round operation to install new and make repair to existing assets - – both planned and as needed. Safety issues take priority |
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| Year round event support |
Full range of events including Chester Races, marathons, elections, festivals, etc - known dates programmed in, for new events rotas are adjusted, if given sufficient notice, or resourced as required and then programmed for future years if needed |
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| Play areas |
Inspected by independent ROSPA accredited inspectors in August. All year Weekly and fortnightly safety checks on 120 play areas by council inspectors |
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