Local Environmental Services
What does the group cover?
All the services provided in and around people's homes, such as refuse collection and disposal, recycling, street cleaning, road gritting, parks, playing fields, playgrounds and fixed play equipment, open spaces, grounds maintenance, neighbourhood wardens and, on behalf of the Gateshead Housing Company, housing improvements. It also runs the Council's transport fleet, building cleaning, school meals, new building and major civil engineering projects, public building repairs and maintenance, highways and street lighting maintenance, cemeteries and crematoria, allotments and the Central Nursery.
Which of the Council's policy areas does it contribute to?
The main areas of policy this group supports includes:
-
Local environment;
-
Protection of the Environment;
-
Housing;
-
Children and Young People.
The key Service areas within Local Environmental Services
-
Transport, Cleaning and Catering;
-
Waste Services and Grounds Maintenance;
-
Business Support;
-
Construction Services.
Who's who in Local Environmental Services?
-
Group Director: John Robinson;
-
Director, Local Environmental Services: Tony Alder
-
Head of Business Support: Dave Christer
-
Head of Transport, Cleaning & Catering Services: Dale Robson;
-
Head of Waste Services & Grounds Maintenance: Colin Huntington;
-
Head of Construction Services: Lance Jobling.
To contact Transport, Cleaning & Catering, Waste Services and Grounds Maintenance:
Park Road
Gateshead
NE8 3HN
Telephone: 0191 433 7000
Fax: 0191 478 1138
Minicom: 0191 478 1752
E-mail: Local Environmental Services|
To Contact Business Support, Construction (housing) or Construction (Public Buildings and Highways)
Shearlegs Road
Gateshead
NE8 3EN
Telephone: 0191 433 7200
Fax: 0191 433 7332
E-mail: Local Environmental Services |