The council said the ‘marking’ of Belfast graffiti must be addressed

Belfast City Council has pledged to continue the fight against graffiti in the city.

At the full council’s last monthly meeting, elected members of the House of Representatives approved a DUP proposal calling for more investment and expansion to address the growing problem of graphite across the city, but particularly in south Belfast, where labeling is a phenomenon. – Where the vandals stamp their individual signature – they set off.

In January and February, police used social media to ask the public for help identifying signs used by vandals. SDLP plant consultant Gary McCain posed a growing problem in south Belfast after the 5-meter Stranmillis Embankment opened last year and underwent a tagging process.

He said, “If you go to an area where things are covered in graphite and where treatments are on the side of the road, it might make sense that this is not the best place.”

A Belfast Council petition states: “With graffiti vandalism on the rise in the city, this council is considering investing and expanding its internal division to address this problem.

“There is currently a team that deals primarily with sectarian, racial and homophobic affiliations. However, there is a noticeable increase in enrollment overall, which is frustrating efforts to keep our city clean.

“This is not a typical problem in Belfast, but for this reason we need to think of innovative solutions alongside traditional cleaning methods. The council will also work with inter-agency capabilities to address unwanted graphite problems across the city. In doing so, they must The Board of Directors is considering how to make its team available to other agencies on a commercial basis.”

Last summer, Belfast City Council helped several busy homeowners with licensing regulations introduced in 2019, most notably in an article requiring landlords to remove any signs on the exterior walls and boundaries of their properties within four weeks of them appearing.