Getting the RTA to clean the Iron Cove Bridge

The RTA recently painted over most of the graffiti on the iron cove bridge - as you can see from this photo, just about every vertical girder has fresh grey paint on it that is a different shade to the original paint.  That's because every girder had some graffiti on it, like the recently applied rubbish in red.

I presume the RTA thought it too risky to paint over the stuff sprayed on the concrete divider at the eastern end of the bridge.  Cars rip past here at 80km/h, and it goes from 3 lanes wide to 4, so whoever is spraying that graffiti over there is definitely taking their life into their own hands.

There is no shortage of it either.  Someone is going to get cleaned up here one day.

Traffic heading over the bridge - the legal limit is 60 km/h, but it is rarely observed.

Unfortunately, none of the graffiti sprayed onto the granite walls at either end of the bridge was cleaned off.

Part of the underside has been painted, but the crew doing the painting forgot to look up and spot the graffiti on the girders overhead.  Or they forgot to bring a ladder.

This wall has been freshly painted, and already tags are starting to appear.  This is a popular spot for tagging.  It either needs better lighting, or some sort of anti-graffiti wall treatment or more regular visits with a tin of grey paint.

This is the view you have of the bridge abutment from the children's playground.

I took this photo from Birkenhead Point, showing a clear view of the area most prone to graffiti.  The yellow squares show where the RTA has also had to paint over the bottom of the bridge pylons.