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Islington Tribune - by PETER GRUNER
Published: 7 September 2007

Streets of Angel set to smell heavenly

THE streets of Angel will soon be smelling of roses under a plan to wash pavements with a fragrant detergent.
Two mobile pavement-washing machines will go into action next month to tackle the unpleasant odours – particular those created by boozey revellers – with the smell of roses.
The Angel Business Improvement District (BID) is behind the scheme that will bring relief to Camden Passage and Chapel Market.
Two Powerflex machines are being hired to wash down streets in the area on a rolling programme, initially six days a week, as part of its pledge to businesses to make Angel cleaner for their customers.
Angel BID director Christine Lovett said: “Whatever the weather, it will quite literally be smelling of spring flowers every week at the Angel, as the streets get a spring-clean all-year round.
“We asked businesses what extra services they wanted to see when a business improvement district was set up and they said one of their top priorities is a cleaner Angel to attract more customers and make them want to come back.”
Concentrating on the worst-affected streets with the highest number of visitors, the Euromec cleaners will be jet-washing the pavements, litter bins and tackling areas around bus stops and pubs which are most affected by dirt and grime. The streets will be swept and deep-cleaned beforehand.
The busiest areas will be cleaned at their slowest times, and Chapel Market will be washed on Mondays when it is closed in preparation for the week’s opening on Tuesdays.
The project will cost the BID £86,000 a year.
Angel BID was established in April 2007 after a ballot of 339 local businesses returned an overwhelming yes vote.
Its three main pledges are to make Angel safer, cleaner and brighter.
Already shoplifting in the area has been cut by 45 per cent after measures taken by the Angel Police Team – a squad of seven officers dedicated to reducing retail crime and anti-social behaviour in the BID area, which is funded by Angel BID, with contributions from Islington Borough Police and Islington Council.

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