GRAFFITI plastered across city walkways and buildings will be targeted by a small strike team when it takes to Wagga streets on Sunday.
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Scribbles, scratches and sprayings will be scrubbed off by Wagga Sunrise Rotary and Wagga Men's Shed members, who will co-ordinate the blitz under the statewide Graffiti Removal Day (GRD).
"Yes, (graffiti) is (a problem in Wagga)," Sunrise Rotarian and Wagga GRD organiser Yvonne Braid said.
"Unfortunately, parts of the walkways and around town (are vandalised)."
GRD, a joint initiative between the NSW government and Rotary Down Under, aims to counter the millions of dollars of graffiti damage to local communities each year by encouraging people to volunteer their time and get involved in the removal and prevention of graffiti.
"They've encouraged all Rotary clubs to get involved on the day," Mrs Braid said.
"The aim is to make people aware of the graffiti in Wagga and obviously hope people dob in if they see somebody doing the wrong thing."
The group, dressed in protective clothing provided by Rotary NSW, will use a chemical supplied by Dulux to remove the vandalism, with paint on stand-by if areas are exceptionally bad.
The Wagga Police and Citizens Youth Club will be the first building hit on Sunday, before the team is mobilised to Mount Austin and Glenfield.
Mrs Braid hopes the idea will gain traction and become ongoing across other areas of Wagga.
"How long is a piece of string, but we're expecting at least between 10 and 20," she said.
Wagga City Council failed to respond to questions, surrounding the prevalence of graffiti, the cost of cleaning up the vandalism, who carried out the work and how often, by the end of business yesterday.