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THAT THE PORT AUTHORITY PLANS
TO DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH THE
CITY HOPING TO FIND A
RESOLUTION.
TODAY IS EARTH DAY BUT
THAT'S NOT WHY YOU WILL SEE
CREWS OUT IN FORCE CLEANING
THE ROADS ON LONG ISLAND.
AS CAROLYN GUSOFF REPORTS THE
TWO-WEEK EFFORT WAS SPURRED BY
A SPIKE IN LITTERING ALL
WINTER LONG.
PEOPLE CAN START POLLUTION,
PEOPLE CAN STOP IT.
Reporter: IT WAS THIS 19 71
AD THAT HELPED REFORM
LITTERBUGS.
PEOPLE ARE STILL THROWING
TRASH OUT INDISCRIMINATELY.
IT'S DISGUSTING.
HORRIBLE.
Reporter: THE LITTER PILING
UP ON LONG ISLAND ROADS IS
WORSE THAN IT'S BEEN IN YEARS.
NOTICING A LOT OF LITTER
THIS YEAR WITH INCREASED
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY BECAUSE OF
THE WINTER ENDING EARLY.
Reporter: SO FOR TWO WEEKS
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CREWS ARE OUT ON THE L.I.E.
AND PARKWAYS HOPING THE SPRING
CLEAN-UP WILL REMIND DRIVERS
WHO IS PAYING FOR THIS WORK.
2.5 MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS
PER YEAR TO CLEAN LONG ISLAND
STATE ROADS.
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE PRIVATE
MONEY FOR HIGHWAY PROGRAMS.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE THE
SENSE OF OWNERSHIP AND
APPRECIATION THAT WE HAVE
SPENT THIS KIND OF EFFORT TO
KEEP THE ROADS CLEAN.
PEOPLE ARE DRIVING IN THEIR
CARS AND THROW IT OUT THE
WINDOW.
Reporter: THIS BIKER RIDES
ALONG LITTER-STREWN SERVICE
ROADS MAINTAINED BY NASSAU
COUNTY.
THE COUNTY COLLECTS NEARLY 300
BAGS OF LITTER A MONTH.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION SAYS IT'S
TOPPED 10 TONS JUST THIS WEEK.
ET AESTHETICALLY IT'S
NASTY.
Reporter: ROAD LITTER ENDS
UP IN WATERWAYS KILLING MARINE
LIFE.
EVERYTHING THINKS IT GOES
DOWN THE STORM DRAIN TO SOME
MAGIC PLACE AND GET TAKEN CARE
OF BUT THAT MAGIC PLACE IS THE
BAY OR LONG ISLAND SOUND IF
YOU ARE HOSPITAL IN NORTH
SHORE.
Reporter: PART OF THE
PROBLEM, LONG ISLAND ROADS
HAVE THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC
VOLUME IN TH STATE, A MILLION
CARS EACH DAY.
TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS SAY
CLEARLY NOT EVERYONE IS
LITTERING, BUT THOSE WHO ARE,
ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS.
CREWS REPORT FINDING THE SAME
TYPE OF DISCARDED CUPS IN THE