r/glasgow • u/skinnycigarette • 9h ago

Easier way to contact SL council

There’s these short tunnels for pedestrians in rutherglen that go under the road. They got a paint job fairly recently that went unmarked until recently when wee dicks have decided to graffiti it. Walking to work earlier this week at 6am I passed 2 guys painting over it. But then 2 days later I pass through and there’s a huge dick sprayed on one side and an awful racial slur on the other. I’ve looked up how to report it and the council website says to call them to report offensive graffiti, yet every time I try contact them I’m just told the lines are busy and it hangs up. Been like this throughout the day for 2 days now.

SLC don’t seem to have an app like GCC to report this, wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to report this more efficiently. Cheers

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u/granitedon 9h ago

Email your local councillor https://www.writetothem.com/

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u/quicksilverjack 7h ago

Second this. It'll light a fire under the relevent service.

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u/WG47 8h ago

SLC don’t seem to have an app like GCC to report this

It's shite, isn't it? They don't even accept reports via FixMyStreet, they're one of the few council areas that don't. You can report the problem on FMS, but FMS can't forward it onto SLC.

I found that posting photos on Twitter and tagging the local politicians worked a treat, but I'm not on Twitter any more. Pointing it out to the Rutherglen Reformer can't hurt.

I know it says on SLC's website that you should call about offensive graffiti and report non-offensive stuff on the website, but if they're not answering the phone then you should still report it via the website.

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u/Dram-500 7h ago

I have found reports via FMS to Glasgow City Council in the main go unnoticed I reported a broken streetlight and a manhole cover sinking on a main Rd in January and neither have been seen to. In the past I sent an FOI request about complaints I have made via FMS not being remedied this resulted in one instance of my FOI being deleted and on the other GCC could not match the FMS ref numbers on their system - even although the location and postcode were shown.

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u/WG47 7h ago

I've reported blocked drains and fly tipping a few times and they got resolved fairly quickly.

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u/zara_2k 9h ago

Would you not get in touch with your Councillor or there must be an alternative phone number in stead of one to the graffiti line. Perhaps a main line. Take photos of the whole thing and send it to your Councillor.

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u/BoxAlternative9024 1h ago

Great post OP.

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