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Maryvale residents credit gated-alley pilot with reducing crime, urge continued funding
Summary
Multiple residents at the Phoenix budget hearing praised a gated‑alley pilot in District 5 for reducing illegal dumping, homelessness in alleys and property-crime incidents, and urged the council to continue and expand funding for the program.
Residents who participated in a gated‑alley pilot in District 5 told city leaders the program has reduced illegal dumping, trespass and alley fires and urged continued city funding to expand the program.
"The gates have made a real difference. Our alleys are no longer illegal dumping grounds, and the gates help to deter criminal activity," said Linda Blackford, a resident and block‑watch volunteer who described her neighborhood’s…
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