WORKING with its maintenance company HTS, Harlow Council is changing its working practices to improve how the town’s beautiful green spaces are managed.

By working smarter in teams of three, carrying out the grass cutting and strimming at the same time and cutting the grass more often, the council and HTS are making grass cutting more effective and efficient and keeping the town looking better for longer – and it’s already making a positive difference around the town.

With green spaces making up around a third of the town, these improvements are all part of the council’s priority to restore pride in our town.

Today (3 August), Councillor Nicky Purse, cabinet portfolio holder for environment, paid a visit to Fountain Farm where a crew were hard at work on the surrounding green spaces to give thanks for their efforts. This was the team that led a pilot of these new ways of working recently which proved very successful and popular with residents. Now this new way of working is being rolled out across the whole town.

As well as restoring pride in Harlow’s green spaces, the council will be looking at the best way to encourage biodiversity, specifying areas in the town which will be biodiversity hotspots and maintained differently, in due course.