VIDEO: City's New Equipment To Fight Graffiti
Officials say the new equipment will mean timelier and less costly responses to reports of tagging in the city.
The city has a new weapon in its battle against graffiti: a hot water cleaning system officials say will allow timelier and less costly responses to reported tags in the city.
The mayor and the city council announced the purchase of some new anti-graffiti removal equipment last week. The equipment has been used to remove graffiti from over 400 locations in the city, including bridges, electrical boxes, park benches and the skate board park.
“Removing graffiti immediately is an effective deterrent to the reoccurrence of the offense,” Mayor Gary Christenson said in a statement. “This is one way we can make Malden residents feel good about their neighborhoods and the City”.
Previously, the city had relied on private contractors to fix the problem.
maldenmike
10:29 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
so how much was that fancy presure washer? I think an open government would at least tell us. It's a good idea but it will never stop.
Is there what the $2.00 trash bags go to?
Chris Caesar
2:30 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
According to an email from the mayor's office: "purchased on August 29th and it cost $9,353, less than what the graffiti removal budget has been in years past."
Paula Spizziri
11:13 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
I only got the audio, no video, but when I hovered my mouse over the timeline, I could see still shots. Sounds like whatever the intial cost, this will save the City (and thus the taxpayer) money, and keep it more attractive.
Chris Caesar
2:30 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Hm, is anyone else having that problem?
david mokal
12:26 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
This is a good thing money well spent. We used the same exact one for washing the rubbish trucks there awesome. This will pay for itself in a short time.Another big plus is you want to remove gang tags so it dont send invatations for others to tag. The real big savings is that the city will become more self sufficiant.
paul surette
4:33 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
To Mr. Mokal.....how would this 'pay for itself'? It's not like they can make money on it? Nurse! Nurse!
Mike G.
5:30 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Well I think it depends on how much the private company cost to remove graffiti.
Chris Caesar
2:31 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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Antoine
10:01 am on Thursday, November 22, 2012
I want to advocate on this post for someone to follow this man's example. http://brooklinegraffiti.tumblr.com/ (hopefully this site allows hyperlinks).
The new machine the city bought is good, but the city ability to fight graffiti is hindered by bureaucratic requirements. Such as if someone tags a mail box, all Malden can do is alert the post office. Graffiti on private property means there's no way to touch that. However, we can remove the graffiti ourselves. With the city we might be able to remove at a rate enough to outright frustrate taggers away (one of his posts notes that effectiveness).
Nick
7:26 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
The City is removing graffiti from private property also. Nice Idea but is it legal.