Bray Deemed Clean In Latest IBAL Litter Survey

Bray has been named as the 13th cleanest town in Ireland in a survey of 40 towns and cities nationwide.

The survey commented: “A very strong performance by Bray on its return to the League with seven out of the 10 sites surveyed getting the top litter grade.”

It noted just one heavily littered site – at Dargle Road/Upper Dargle Road – but added: “Clearly a careful eye is kept on the vacant properties along the Main Street as there was no litter directly associated with them.”

The survey ranked Bray joint 13th out of 40 towns and cities surveyed.

It also had praise for the new Bray Central development commenting: “Bray Central is a very recent addition to the town – an exceptionally freshly presented and maintained town centre shopping environment with attractive planting and a complete absence of litter throughout the area surveyed”.

Other locations mentioned in the report include the approach roads, Bray Recycle Centre, Pinewood Close and Bray Town Park, all securing a high grade.

 Bray Main Street achieved Grade A status and the judges commented: “Exceptionally fresh main shopping street environment with lovely paving throughout.  Work was taking place on some vacant/closed down premises but there were still several others along the Main Street - clearly a close eye is kept on them as they didn't impact in any negative way on the litter situation.  Stainless steel bollards, bicycle parking, wooden seating and visitor information notices were all in very good condition and there were just a couple of tiny incidents of graffiti”.