35 truck loads of garbage removed from street in Ottawa's east end
A pile of garbage in the area of Old Innes Road in Ottawa's east end has been removed and new blockades have been set up, less than 24-hours after the illegally dumping was first reported.
The plot of land was littered with broken furniture, food waste, and industrial materials such as asphalt, among others.
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Public Works crews worked throughout the night clearing out the loose trash, hauling away 35 truck loads of garbage.
The large pile of discarded items along Old Innes Road includes black trash bags filled with food waste, tires, broken furniture, oil containers and industrial materials such as asphalt. Ottawa, Ont. Nov. 7, 2024. (Tyler Fleming / CTV News).
Friday morning, it continued, breaking down the solidified asphalt that had been sitting on the side of the road for nearly a year-and-a-half, to make way for a new section of barriers.
The concrete blocks are designed to ensure no illegal dumping will be done at this location again with city officials continuing to remind residents of the fines in place. They include:
- $205 for garbage placed in a park bin
- Minimum $500 for dumping in a park
- $300 for dumping on private property
- Minimum $500 for littering
"I wasn't expecting to see this this morning. I anticipated it may take a couple of weeks, couple months," said Cadieux Interiors general manager Rob Moran. "It just helps clean up the area as a whole because it was becoming a real bad eyesore."
The clean-up comes amid the city’s introduction of a new three-item curbside garbage limit. The barriers at the Old Innes Road location, are one of the first steps in ensuring garbage is not disposed of illegally.
Alta Vista Ward Coun. Marty Carr said the city will need to be vigilant about illegal dumping.
"Certainly heard from many of my colleagues that they have areas, whether they're in rural communities or on roads that are busy or industrial areas within the city, where this is a problem and it's going to be have to be something that we monitor," she said. "So, we're going to have to look at exactly how the barriers will work. You know, longer term, what can we do to avoid dumping? But for now, looking at putting in place barriers so that we don't have this be an alternate to the Trail Road landfill."
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