the council announced a new overnight street cleaning service was to be launched in the city centre, focused on removing graffiti and tidying up.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n In 2024, the council expanded the size of its graffiti removal team from four to ten operatives and is now investing in state-of-the-art laser removal equipment.\n<\/p>\n
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Graffiti in Brighton (Image: Juliet Price)\n<\/p>\n
\n There are also plans to treat lampposts and signs to prevent stickers sticking to them.\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking to The Argus in March, Councillor Tim Rowkins said he knows people want to see a cleaner city and has taken “extensive” feedback from businesses.\n<\/p>\n
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Graffiti in Brighton (Image: Juliet Price)\n<\/p>\n
\n Councillor Tim Rowkins, deputy leader and cabinet member for net zero and environmental services at Brighton & Hove City Council, said: \u201cWe know tackling tagging and graffiti is a real priority for people and we are investing heavily in our service.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ve more than doubled the size of our graffiti removal team and have bought new vehicles and equipment to help them work more efficiently, including laser removal machines.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019re also developing a commercial service for people to use to remove tagging from private properties, which will further increase our ability to respond promptly across the city.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019re determined to improve the look and feel of our city and would encourage residents to report any tagging directly to the council so we can act swiftly to remove it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Juliet Price, 52, said she has noticed an increase in graffiti and tagging in Brighton, specifically near Preston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-595583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}