It would appear the unflattering moniker “Trash-cona” isn’t going away any time soon.

An assessment of Winnipeg’s littered streets came back with a middle-of-the-road rating for the city, according to a local environmental group, but it was the Transcona area that scored the worst out of 12 regions analyzed around Winnipeg.

Take Pride Winnipeg’s annual Litter Index gave the city a rating of 2.19 for March 2015, up slightly from the last rating, which was released 11 months prior. The index assesses 12 areas in the city for litter left behind by the spring thaw. Take Pride Winnipeg said its Litter Index is rated one to four, with one representing no litter and four “extremely littered.”

In April 2014, the rating for the city was 2.14.

“As far as I’m concerned, it’s not a great number,” Take Pride executive director Tom Ethans said. “We need to be below two to really make our city a lot better. Unfortunately, we have so many fours that it does tend to make the city look bad.”

Ethans said there were ratings of four in each region of the city.

Transcona registered a 2.56 rating, the highest of any of the regions, with Lagimodiere Boulevard between Nairn Avenue and Fermor Avenue; Reenders Drive between Regent Avenue and Lagimodiere Boulevard; Grassie Boulevard at Plessis Street; Regent from Day Street to Redonda Street, and Kildare Avenue from Redonda to Day singled out as the worst offenders.

The lowest score, a 1.85, went to the St. Boniface region with Bishop Grandin Boulevard from Lakewood Boulevard to St. Anne’s Road, and St. Anne’s from Bishop Grandin to Fermor Avenue rating the worst in that area.

The changing of seasons also means the launch of Take Pride Winnipeg’s co-operative campaign with Tim Hortons that aims to rally volunteers to pick up litter in their neighbourhoods. The Team Up to Clean Up campaign already has 2,500 volunteers registered and, according to a Take Pride Winnipeg press release, more than 25,000 people are expected to register for clean-ups.

“By the end of April, we will see considerably less litter on the streets of Winnipeg because of the work of all the volunteers that help make our city litter free,” Ethans said.

More information can be found at takepride.mb.ca.

HOW YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD RANKED

Take Pride Winnipeg’s litter index, ranked on a score of one to four (four being the worst):

1. Transcona -- 2.56

Worst streets: Lagimodiere Boulevard between Nairn Avenue and Fermor Avenue, Reenders Drive between Regent Avenue and Lagimodiere, Grassie Boulevard at Plessis Street, Regent from Day Street to Redonda Street, Kildare Avenue from Redonda to Day

2. Downtown -- 2.46

Worst streets: Colony Street from St. Mary Avenue to Broadway, Broadway from Colony to Main Street, Main from Higgins Avenue to Portage Avenue, Bannatyne Avenue from Sherbrook Street to Princess Street, Logan Avenue from Sherbrook to Arlington Street, William Avenue from Sherbrook to Princess

3. Northeast Winnipeg -- 2.45

Worst streets: Chief Peguis Trail west of Henderson Highway, Perimeter between Main Street and Lagimodiere Boulevard, Lagimodiere between Perimeter and Nairn Avenue (west side), Raleigh Street/Gateway Road

4. Northwest Winnipeg -- 2.37

Worst streets: Keewatin Street between Notre Dame Avenue and Logan Avenue, McPhillips Street between Perimeter and Leila Avenue, Kinver Avenue between Keewatin and Garden Grove Drive, Selkirk Avenue between Keewatin Street and Sheppard Street

5. North/Central Winnipeg -- 2.32

Worst streets: Perimeter between McPhillips Street and Main Street, Redwood Avenue between Arlington Street and Main, Burrows Avenue between Main and Arlington, Dufferin Avenue between Salter Street and Main

6. St. Vital/South Osborne — 2.12

Worst streets: Perimeter between St. Anne’s Road and St. Mary’s Road, Warde Avenue between Dakota Street and St. Anne’s, Bishop Grandin Boulevard between River Road and St. Anne’s

6. West End -- 2.12

Worst streets: Sherbrook Street from Portage Avenue to Cumberland Avenue, Cumberland from Sherbrook to Colony Street, Omand’s Creek, Maryland Street from Ellice Avenue to Portage

8. Southwest Winnipeg — 2.08

Worst streets: Waverley Street between Grant Avenue and Wilkes Avenue, McGillivray Boulevard between Waverley and Kenaston Boulevard, Kenaston between McGillivray and Sterling Lyon Parkway

9. West Winnipeg -- 2.0

Worst streets: King Edward Street from Dublin Avenue to Wellington Avenue, the loop from Portage Avenue to Route 90

10. Fort Rouge/Fort Garry — 1.97

Worst streets: Confusion Corner, Stradbrook Street/River Avenue from Main Street to Donald Street

11. South Winnipeg — 1.95

Worst streets: Kenaston Boulevard from Perimeter to Bishop Grandin Boulevard, Bison Drive from Waverley Street to Pembina Highway, McGillivray Boulevard from Pembina to Waverley

12. St. Boniface -- 1.85

Worst streets: Bishop Grandin Boulevard from Lakewood Boulevard to St. Anne’s Road, St. Anne’s from Bishop Grandin to Fermor Avenue, St. Anne’s from Fermor Avenue to St. Mary’s Road