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Originally Posted by Gresto
If what they do is called picking up litter, I have a different understanding of the term. In recent years, there has been no - or extremely inadequate - litter pick-up in my area, as far as I can tell. At the 401 exits in central Toronto, they mow the cloverleaf and ramp lawns, shredding the garbage within into a million pieces. What the hell use is that?!
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I don't really care to argue about the semantics of litter pickup. But both this year and last year, I've seen work crews from the Area Maintenance Contractor crews out in April and May cleaning up litter in the vicinity of Markham Road in Scarborough.
I'm guessing you are going to argue with me no matter what I write, but you have to keep in mind that there are some areas of our highway network that are extremely difficult to cleanup. Think about the areas around the basketweave, or at the 409 interchange. In some of those areas, the shoulder of the highway aren't exactly full width, so a work truck as well as blocker truck would need to be parked on the shoulder potentially sticking into a live lane. A contractor is pretty limited at what times they could do the type of work that could negatively impact traffic flow.
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