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Residents ask county to allow inmate crews, form litter-control committee for Highway 72
Summary
At the Oct. 20 Loudon County workshop residents asked commissioners to allow sheriff’s inmate crews to pick up litter on Highway 72 and to convene a multi-jurisdictional litter-control committee; letters from local businesses and the city were presented.
Residents and area businesses urged Loudon County officials at the Oct. 20 workshop to take immediate steps to address heavy litter on Highway 72, including allowing county inmates to work on a half- to one-mile stretch near the landfill and creating a joint litter-control committee with city partners.
Volunteer coordinator Lisa Benton said volunteers and businesses have picked up hundreds of bags of trash and that the stretch of Highway 72 near the landfill accumulates debris quickly. Benton said she had consulted Tennessee Department of Transportation and the state litter-grant program and read…
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