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Residents work together to clean-up Cambridge Road

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Cambridge Road area residents clean up two pieces of property in their neighborhood to help prevent anti-social activity in their community.

Residents attempted to claim back a street labelled “Gun Alley” with a clean-up operation on Saturday.Families and police officers were out in force in Cambridge Road, Somerset, picking up garbage and tackling overgrown trees to make it less appealing for antisocial behaviour.The road has been in the headlines in recent weeks after police used new powers to disperse groups of men who have intimidated residents for years.Estates Minister Michael Scott, the Sandys North MP, took part in Saturday’s operation.“There was energy cooperation and community spirit that made the Cambridge Road area clean up a success,” Mr Scott told The Royal Gazette.“Everyone is a stakeholder in claiming back an area that's gone down. It is important to sustain the area recovery and to make similar success in our other communities.”Earlier this month, police issued a two-week ban on congregating in the area under Section 110 of the Criminal Code Amendment Act.Residents claimed the move gave them peace and quiet for the first time in a decade.

Clean-up time: Cambridge Road resident Hailey Barnett, nine, helps to clean up her community on Saturday morning along with other residents and local police officers in effort to prevent anti-social activity in their community.
Clean-up time: Former Mayor of Hamilton Charles Gosling helps to bring down a tree during the Cambridge Road Clean Up on Saturday morning. Cambridge Road residents cleaned up two pieces of property, one of which Mr Gosling owns, to help prevent anti-social activity in their community.