TRALEE maintained its high performance in the Irish Business Against Litter table results resulting in a sixth place finish this time around, retaining its Cleaner than European Norms standard.
The An Taisce Report had some nice things to say about Tralee as you can see below where parts of the town received a lot of ‘A’ grades…
“There have been enormous strides in Tralee over the last couple of years – resulting in an excellent performance and no seriously littered sites.
The very good top ranking sites included The Mall, the Recycle Facility at Super Valu and Rose Garden, (a wonderful gem) which was excellent in terms of presentation and maintenance .
Continued below…
A couple of sites just missed getting the top litter grade – Castle Street Lower and Milk Market Lane – there was façade painting at Milk Market Lane which helped to ‘take away the bare look’ of a vacant property.
Approach Road from Limerick: Grade A. The overall impression of this road was a good one, with a virtual absence of litter. Minor weed / shrubbery issues.
Dingle Approach Road: Grade A. An excellent road in terms of litter. Overall presentation was a very good one.
The Mall: Grade A. A very freshly presented town centre environment with paving, seating, bollards, street bins, planter boxes, bicycle parking etc. in very good order. It was excellent with regard to litter.
Milk Market Lane: Grade B+. This was a mixed site in terms of presentation – some sections of the paving were in much better condition than other parts. With a little extra care and attention this could easily be a top ranking site – there were some very casually discarded food related litter items. Façade painting took away the bare look on a premises but a warehouse presented poorly.
Castle Street Lower: Grade B+. The most obvious litter items along Castle Street Lower were cigarette butts, with lower levels of chewing gum and sweet wrappers. The overall presentation was a good one and with a little extra effort it could easily be a top ranking site.
Rock Street: Grade B. Compared to recent IBAL litter surveys, Rock Street has the appearance of being an improved street in terms of litter. While the cigarette butt units on buildings appear to be used there was still an obvious presence of same on the footpath. Chewing gum was also obvious, with lower levels of plastic bottles, fast-food wrappers, sweet papers and plastic bags. Recycle
Facility at SuperValu Car Park: Grade A. A very clean and tidy impression was created at this recycle facility – there were no major litter issues.
Denny Street: Grade B+. Parts of Denny Street were very well presented and maintained, with attractive planting. However, some food related litter items along the busier part of the street and a significant chewing gum presence prevented the top litter grade. Hopefully, the ‘2 Minute Street Clean’ signage creates a good awareness.
Rose Garden: Grade A. An excellent site. These beautiful gardens have been beautifully presented and maintained – a real gem for the town of Tralee. Bins, water feature, sculpture, etc. were all in excellent order. It was very good with regard to litter.
Killarney – Tralee Connecting Road: Grade B+. Overall, this was quite a good road with regard to litter. Killarney to Farranfore scored a Grade B with a very definite litter presence; e.g. plastic bottles, cans and some cardboard / plastic wrapping. Farranfore to Tralee was better – Grade A