Melting Snow Trash Patrol Clean-up Continues
Posted April 2, 2008 12:00 pm.
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On Tuesday we told you about a particularly messy alleyway near Queen and Sherbourne that, like so many others, was exposed as a trash haven with the melting of snow falling a record winter.
Well, thanks to a CityNews viewer and a little help from our Francis D’Souza, that lane was cleaned up Wednesday.
“They were here at seven o’clock this morning,” said Neil Eastmond, who initially brought us to the disgusting stretch. “They came and just dug all of that up … I was shocked.”
Still, hundreds of other alleys and roadways across the city remain in need of a serious scrubbing.
West side resident Mike Shepherd was quick to call attention to one, this time turning our focus to Claremont St. near Dundas and Bathurst (pictured) where illegal dumping has been frustrating residents and business owners for some time.
“We can’t really blame the city for this,” admitted Frank Bertucci, who owns a sandwich shop across from where the broken desks, a mattress and other trash were deposited.
“People shouldn’t do stuff like this … I got stuff I’ve got to clear out of my house but if the garbagemen won’t take it. I get a private dumpster and get rid of it.”
Shepherd says the trash has actually been on Claremont since Easter weekend, adding that whoever left it even went through the trouble of chaining some to a roadside fence.
CityNews is working on that case as well, but we also want to help you get your neighbourhood right.
If you know of a street in serious need of a little spring cleaning, email us at news@citynews.ca along with a picture and your contact information and we’ll see if we can get it taken care of.
In the meantime, if you want to see Francis D’Souza‘s story on the Claremont situation and the remarkable turnaround of the Queen and Sherbourne laneway, click on the video link.
