Shopfronts need a blast

As a long term resident of Umina, I have seen the many changes that have taken place on the Peninsula.

It bewilders me that West St, Umina, has so many coffee and food eat out shops but they do not clean around their businesses.

I walk down the main street and it is filthy compared to other beach towns that have the same set up as we do.

Surely all owners of a business along West St could chip in a little amount of their profits and hire a professional cleaner with a pressure cleaner and beautify the street.

I understand that water restrictions have obviously caused some problems with the use of water but a water blaster uses 70 to 80 per cent less water than just using a hose.

Even if the cleanup took place at night on a fortnightly or monthly basis so as not to disrupt any trade to the shops, it would be an improvement.

Maybe Council can get involved somehow and help keep it clean because we need to attract visitors and holiday makers to the Peninsula not scare them away with filthy pathways that currently exist on both sides of West St.

It is not only the coffee and food eat-outs that are filthy, almost every shop front could do with a good blast.

Email, 28 Aug 2017

Terry Bunnies, Umina