Conservative Councillors Jane Warmington and Catherine Herbert recently decided that rather than just talking about the clean up of Taunton's iconic river Bridge they would deal with it themselves. They gathered together a group of volunteers and early on the 3rd August they set about cleaning the Bridge which had not been cleaned for a number of years.Cllr Warmington said, " It was such a fantastic exercise and it was great to see so many people pull together to make a real difference, it was one of the most engaging things I have ever done so many people wanted to talk to us and congratulate us on what we were doing".
Cllr Herbert said, "The town bridge is such an important landmark and we felt it needed a clean up so rather than talking we got into action. It is so gratifying to see the result and we have been delighted by the positive comments from everyone.
The Conservative Deputy Leader of the Council Mark Edwards said, " I was taken aback when I realised what they were doing, rather than talking about what needed to be done they were getting on with it and I am really grateful to them for their efforts and also very proud to have them on our team of Conservative Councillors, their can do attitude is fantastic."