Graffiti along the M32 has been removed during a series of overnight motorway closures as part of a joint effort to improve the its appearance to motorists. National Highways undertook the work alongside Bristol City Council, Network Rail and Bristol Waste Company in a joint effort to tackle illegal graffiti that can be "distracting for drivers."
The decision for all four organisations to get on-site and clean at the same time was made last year and resulted in five teams of graffiti cleansers, mechanical sweepers, litter crews and vegetation cleaners taking on the work overnight in October and January. The maintenance project involved removing graffiti from the railway bridge over the M32 and retaining walls and cleaning up debris and vegetation.
After being cleaned, the walls were also treated with a sacrificial anti-graffiti coating to make future cleaning easier. It's also hoped it will deter future attempts to tag the surfaces, which National Highways says puts both drivers and the tagger at risk, costing money and causing further road closures to clean.
