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Cranston officials vow stronger enforcement after months-long rodent complaints at Poplar Drive apartments
Summary
Inspectors say management hired pest control and has installed bait stations, but council members pushed for faster action and stronger fines after repeated complaints about holes, damaged dumpsters and ongoing infestation.
Council members pressed city inspectors and Public Works officials on Sept. 11 about lingering rat infestations and damaged dumpsters at a multi-building apartment property on Poplar Drive and Midway Avenue, saying repeated complaints have gone unresolved for months.
Inspector Anna Marie Marchetti and Public Works Director Frank Correo told the council that the property management company has hired a licensed pest-control contractor, has set bait boxes and has been asked for documentation of treatment. Marchetti said inspectors have visited the site several times and found multiple burrows in concentrated areas — notably near dumpster locations and a mid-block area that abuts the Washington Secondary Cranston Bike Path.
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