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Residents press board on illegal dumping; county staff points to DOT right-of-way jurisdiction and launches tracking improvements
Summary
Residents told commissioners Feb. 10 that trash, tires and household waste are being dumped along roadways — sometimes on DOT right-of-way — and county staff said the department is improving complaint tracking and will coordinate with DOT on specific sites.
Several residents and commissioners raised illegal-dumping complaints at the Feb. 10 meeting and asked the board what the county can do to stop repeated trash, tires and household waste being dumped along county and DOT rights-of-way.
Public commenter David Piscato described dumping near his property at 287 Brookside Drive and said prior contacts with law enforcement and DOT yielded limited results; he asked for cleanup and “no dumping” signage. Commissioners and staff discussed the jurisdictional complexity when the debris sits on NCDOT right-of-way versus private property.
Lee (county…
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