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<\/p>\nEast County drivers say some Interstate 8 ramps are constantly covered in trash. CBS 8 asked Caltrans why the litter keeps coming back.<\/p>\n
SAN DIEGO \u2014 Stephanie Melaney said litter, overgrown brush and debris have become a regular part of her commute along Interstate 8. She pointed out several problem areas to CBS 8, including ramps near Waring Road, College Avenue, Mission Gorge Road and the Chase Avenue exit on Interstate 8 East.<\/p>\n
“Just a lot of debris, a lot of trash, pylons that are left over, dead branches, dead bushes, overgrowth of weeds, over curbs, but particularly the trash,” Melaney said.<\/p>\n
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Melaney said she has been reporting the problem to Caltrans for years, but feels the improvements never last.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been in contact with them multiple times over the last two years, by now maybe three. I put in referrals online, like they ask. I call and talk to the people,” she said.<\/p>\n
Melaney believes East County is not receiving the same level of attention as other parts of San Diego County.<\/p>\n
“I drive throughout the county, and it doesn’t matter if I go to Santee, Clairemont, La Jolla, Mission Valley, there’s not the trash like there is here,” Melaney said.<\/p>\n
CBS 8 took those concerns directly to Caltrans.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson said the agency is familiar with the complaints and that crews regularly clean ramps at College Avenue, 70th Street and Fletcher Parkway. However, Caltrans said the issue is not a lack of cleanups. Instead, new litter accumulates almost as quickly as it’s removed, making it difficult for maintenance crews to keep the areas clean.<\/p>\n
“I just want our beautiful city to be cleaned up and litter free,” Melaney said.<\/p>\n
Caltrans said it was unable to provide an official statement before CBS 8’s deadline, but plans to provide additional information in the coming days about how frequently those ramps are cleaned.<\/p>\n
When asked about long-term solutions, a Caltrans spokesperson said education remains the most effective approach, encouraging drivers to properly dispose of trash instead of littering along roadways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"East County drivers say some Interstate 8 ramps are constantly covered in trash. CBS 8 asked Caltrans why…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-393042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}