Cheltenham rolls out ‘anti-pee paint’ to cease boozy racegoers weeing on houses

Officials in Cheltenham have launched an daring new plan to cease “disrespectful” race-goers from weeing on houses.

Locals have been given “anti-pee paint” for this 12 months’s pageant to forestall “disrespectful” guests from urinating on their properties. The native council says individuals are fed up with seeing tipsy party-goers peeing in public after the horse races.

So, a “war on wee” has began with water-repelling paint being made out there to residents and companies to maintain their properties “pee free”. Cheltenham Festival begins immediately, with greater than 250,000 folks anticipated to go to the Gloucestershire city within the subsequent 4 days.

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Cllr Max Wilkinson, of Cheltenham Borough Council, stated: “Cheltenham people are sick of seeing a minority of disrespectful race-goers urinating in public in broad daylight. It’s absolutely not on. We want people to have a good time and enjoy the races, but please treat our town with respect too.

“There are loads of additional short-term loos positioned throughout the city and there isn’t any excuse for weeing in broad daylight. People who determine to wee in public needs to be underneath no phantasm they might find yourself with moist trousers in the event that they decide one of many partitions lined in water-repellent paint.”

Cheltenham Borough Council began the initiative for the primary time in 2023 and has stored it going for this 12 months’s potentially-troublesome occasion.

Heath Gunter, chief govt at Cheltenham BID, stated: “As last year, we are hoping that the water-repellent paint will discourage individuals from urinating on the walls in town. Such behaviour is unpleasant to witness and creates extra cleaning responsibilities for local businesses. The BID are happy to support the council with this initiative.”

The council additionally talked about they’re working with Cheltenham racecourse and Gloucestershire Constabulary to extend the variety of short-term public bathrooms, visibility at key factors and junctions and concern fastened penalty notices the place mandatory for individuals who nonetheless selected to urinate in public.

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