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City showcases alley cleanup program; staff favors proactive abatement
Summary
Code enforcement officer Tanner Thomas described a city-led alley cleanup initiative covering 6.5 miles of alleys; staff said in-house cleanup costs are far lower than contractor abatements and the effort aims to return alleys to a maintainable baseline before ramping up enforcement.
Augusta— City staff presented an in-house alley cleanup initiative Tuesday, describing a proactive approach intended to return alleyways to a maintainable baseline and reduce public-safety and utility-access problems.
Tanner Thomas, the city's code enforcement officer, said complaints last year drove the effort to evaluate alleys across the corporate limits. He estimated 6.5 miles of alleyways (about 16 acres)…
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