Over the past few months we have been preparing a massive reorganisation of many of Swindon Borough Council’s environmental functions. Each area of Swindon now has a dedicated team to deal with all local environmental issues – waste, street cleaning, road maintenance, street lighting, parking and so on.
This has been designed to help improve the response time to many of these important local services, given that the teams will become very familiar with their particular areas and will be purely responsible for their area. It should also make the lines of accountability much clearer.
To report problems to the StreetSmart team you can telephone them on 01793 445 501 (Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm) or email them at streetsmart@swindon.gov.uk. The StreetSmart website can be found here.
We are determined to ensure that Swindon tax payers get value for money and this is an important plank of that policy. Please feel free to get in touch with me if you have any comments regarding the new service and I will be happy to pass those comments on to the relevant officers and Councillors.