Safe Streets “Successful Partnership

The City of Salisbury is pleased to report the successful completion of the first phase of a planned three phase clean-up effort.

Through the Salisbury Safe Street initiative, the city has partnered with the Department of Corrections (DOC) to clean-up rubbish from along the local railroad rights-of-way.

A group of supervised inmates worked with support from the Salisbury Department of Public Works (DPW) to remove nearly ten tons of rubbish from along a stretch of railroad running from College Avenue to Naylor Street.

Future projects include the continued clearing and cleaning of alleyways within the city as well as Mitchell Pond and Coty Cox branch.

According to Kristen Mahoney, Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention, “Safe Streets is Governor O’Malley’s comprehensive effort to focus all of the state’s resources on public safety efforts. The partnership with the Department of Corrections complements public safety initiatives such as the focus on violent offenders by the Division of Parole and Probation through the Violence Prevention Initiative and the aggressive effort by the Maryland State Police and local law enforcement to arrest offenders with outstanding warrants.”