Kendal Flood Scheme’s new Dustin Bieber road cleaner has been officially named by a school pupil.
The naming took place after a competition was held by the Environment Agency and contractors VolkerStevin for Year 9 students from local schools to come up with a name.
Kiekbie Kendal School’s Sol McCann won with his Dustin Bieber entry and he was invited to unveil the sweeper’s name when it visited the school.
The sweeper has been brought onto the scheme as a special measure to reduce the impact of construction work as Volkerstevin continue to build the Kendal Flood Risk Management Scheme.
The competition was run as part of the Constructing Change career day, which helped give youngsters an insight into careers in the construction industry.
Kirkbie Kendal School geography teacher, James Hirst said: “Kirkbie Kendal School were delighted to be invited along to the Constructing Change Day.
“It was a fantastic opportunity for our students to experience life beyond the classroom and understand more about the diverse range of careers available in construction.
“Our students thoroughly enjoyed the chance to get hands-on experience of exciting careers in their own town.
“All of our students submitted entries to the road sweeper naming competition and we were thrilled that Sol’s superb entry was selected as the winner.
“It was fantastic to get a visit from Dustin and see Sol’s name proudly displayed in the windscreen.
“We hope Dustin continues to do a superb job keeping the streets of Kendal clean.”
Environment Agency’s area flood risk manager for Cumbria and Lancashire, Richard Knight added: “Giving young people the opportunity to find out more about career opportunities within the construction industry has been an important community aspect of our work in Kendal, alongside building the new Flood Risk Management Scheme.
“This has been made possible by the close working relationship we have with the schools in Kendal.
“We were delighted all three secondary schools in the town were able to take part in the Constructing Change event, and that the students took part in the competition to name our new road sweeper. Congratulations to Sol for entering the winning name.”
When completed the Kendal Flood Risk Management Scheme will better protect over 1,920 homes and 2,250 business from the impact of flooding.
