New York will launch a plan to improve street cleaning of the City, which includes working on a new model of ‘anti-rats’ baskets and increase the frequency with which garbage cans are emptied.
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The Mayor of the City Eric Adams announced this Monday in the Bronx the launch of the program that includes investment for more than 34 million dollars.
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The initiative includes increase how often trash cans are cleaned that now will be emptied an additional 50,000 times per week throughout the City.
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Adams commented that they are working on a new design of the baskets that seeks to prevent rats from entering and stealing the garbage.
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“The holes that the baskets have in their design are like rat ladders, I’ve seen them climb to the top. We’re helping them with this design. That’s why we need a new model,” Adams said.
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With the program, the precision cleaning will be increased, that is, the combat illegal dumping and the cleaning of the areas that are commonly denounced by the neighbors.
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In addition, cleaning will be increased. vacant lots.
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will implement a weekly cycle lane sweep protected.
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The new plan includes return of full street sweeping with machines from July 5so citizens must remove vehicles from the sidewalks at the indicated times.
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The intention, added Adams, is to combat the increase in garbage that the streets of New York have suffered by increasing the number of people circulating in the City after the pandemic.
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This was what Adams announced:
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- Weekly bike lane cleaning.
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- Return of street sweeping machines from July 5.
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- 22 million dollars for the collection of garbage cans, which will be emptied an additional 50,000 times per week.
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- $4.5 million for cleanup of vacant lots.
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- $7.5 million for precision cleanup initiatives and combating illegal dumping.
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