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More than 50 graffiti tags throughout Ansonia are being erased this week.
Graffiti will be removed from public and private buildings, churches, utility poles, and walls on Main Street, North Main Street, East Main Street, North State Street, Holbrook Street, Tremont Street, Liberty Street and Fourth Street, the city announced in a press release.
Including work done last fall, more than 300 tags have been permanently removed by Trans-Clean of Stratford.
The city is paying the company $1,100 out of its anti-blight budget, according to an email from Greg Martin, constituent services director.
The organic-based cleaning formula provides complete paint removal from brick, rock, metal and wood poles.
The work marks the third major campaign against graffiti launched by Mayor Cassetti since first taking office.
In 2014, anti-graffiti work focused on the flood control wall on the Naugatuck River, including the once-notable “WHY LENNON?” tag.
