Divers give Cardiff Bay’s waterways a really deep clean

No, it's not a monster emerging from the deep but a police diver helping to clean up Cardiff Bay’s waterways.

The specialist search team of six South Wales Police officers and their sergeant are taking part in a two-week operation to improve the state of the canal in Atlantic Wharf.

As well as removing a thick layer of green surface scum, the divers found an old tyre, a wellington boot and pieces of board in the depths.

The clean-up, which also involves Cardiff council, cutting back hedges and weeding, follows concerns from residents about rubbish levels. The probation service community payback team took away all the rubbish from the canal, and will do so twice a year to keep the area tidy.

Police Community Support Officer recruit Jeff Hughes organised the clean-up, which will also include railing painting and footpath clearing within the next six weeks.

Jeff, who first started work in Cardiff Bay back in March, said: “When I first became a PCSO in the area I was walking around the canal on patrol getting to know my patch and I thought it was such a beautiful area that was in some desperate need of some tender loving care.”...[WalesOnline]