Roadside trash a turn-off for Triangle transplants
Drive around anywhere in the Triangle and you'll find trash lining the sides of highways, interstates and even smaller roads.
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But littering is still a big problem.
Drive around anywhere in the Triangle and you'll find trash lining the sides of highways, interstates and even smaller roads.
Lydia Gillis just moved to Zebulon from Florida.
She said she was surprised and disappointed to find so much trash.
“I come here and it's Styrofoam cups, dirty diapers, just cigarette boxes, bags of trash—like full bags of trash—just dumped at the side of the road,” Gillis said.
“I think this is gross, this is disgusting,” she added. “It smells bad, it looks bad. ... It makes me almost not run those trails, and that’s what drew me and my fiancé to Raleigh, was seeing all these wonderful greenways that they’re putting in place and have in place.”
The NCDOT maintains most of the major highways and roads in our area.
If it's not owned by the state, it's up to the municipality to keep the road clean.
“Remind people that it’s our responsibility to keep our city and our countryside clean,” Gillis said. “We shouldn’t rely on others to do it for us.”
They also have trash pick-up events, adopt-a-highway programs and free trash drop-off centers.
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