The acting mayor of Glenorchy has slammed a senseless rise in vandalism incidents across the city.
Council crews are cleaning up to and in excess of 120 graffiti incidents each week, with vandals primarily using spray paint, pens and markers to continually deface public property.
Sue Hickey’s criticism comes after a spate of targeted attacks on public toilets, with the acting mayor emphasising that such anti-social behaviour “has no place” in the community.
“Walls were kicked in and covered by graffiti. The facilities have been damaged, and our team has to be pulled away from regular clean ups to deal with these messes,” she said.
“These clean ups cost council valuable time, resources and precious money that could be better spent elsewhere in our community.”
Graffiti removal can be a time-consuming process and in some cases, wall replacements and repainting are needed due to extensive damage.
Despite the high number of graffiti removals, the council only receives an average of three to five reports per week.
Hickey urged residents to report sightings of graffiti on council property to the GCC Customer Service team or to call police on 131 444 if witnessing vandalism in progress.
