PUBLIC art is going a long way to helping the city clean up its act and stamping out vandalism.
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An ongoing gripe for locals, council has been able to reduce its spending on wiping-out graffiti by almost 50 per cent in one quarter.
The local Crime Prevention Working Group was recently told council spent $2320 cleaning up 12 incidents of graffiti between August and November, 2016.
The same period in 2015 council spent $4248 on 15 incidents.
“It's a combination of of CCTV cameras and the good work of council staff who have worked closely with the wider community to get better outcomes so we don't have as much unwanted graffiti,” working group chairman Russell Webb said.
Part of the the success was put down to “diversion programs”, such as the mural in Granny Munro Park.
Organisers sought input from the community for the project, which has since received a lot of positive feedback from locals. The mural was painted by local artists Shane Salvador and Dean Sunderland.