Town Green is working on this, DPW has been notified. We are looking to solve these types of issues permanently in the downtown and should have something going within the year. Thanks for posting!

Will send Lci inspector within the hour

This issue was recategorized from Bins for Trash & Recycling to Trash & Recycling.

Matthew,, "within the year" lol

Does this company have the same owners that it did when it was new and going to beautiful border areas of New Haven within the Yale community? or is it under new management?

It's owned by shmuly hecht

"Within a year"??????? Seriously? So, when people come into town for Arts & Ideas they get to see the trash that piles up at the Foot Locker bus stop? That'll have them coming back again and again, for sure!

Litter isn't the only debris at Foot Locker. There's the problem of the drug deals that occur there as well. A friend of mine has mentioned she is going to catch her bus at another location because she has concerns for her safety!! FL stop still has underwear and an aluminum tray of discarded food beyond the picket fence. There's irony in saying picket fence in the same comment as trash, no? Do something now!!

The Festival of Arts and Ideas is only for 1 weekend now? and I don't know anybody on the list of performers. I remember how great it used to be, and it was two weeks, wasn't it?

Welcome to Toni Harp's New Haven

You plan to resolve this within a year? Why not immediately?

This looks to be a commercial property. If so, DPW website (http://cityofnewhaven.com/PublicWorks/Trash/Recycling.asp) says a site cleanliness plan (http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/sustainability/PDFs/Site%20Cleanliness%20Plan%20+%20Instructions.pdf) must be submitted. The plan requires detailed information for the handling of trash and recycling (number and size of containers, date and time of pickup, and the name of the licensed hauler). Violations of the plan are subject to a fine EACH DAY that the site is not in compliance (Secton 30 3/4 - 16: https://www.municode.com/library/ct/new_haven/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIICOGEOR_CH30_3-4WADI_ARTIINGE_S30_3-4_-16SICLPLDURE ). Use the fine to enforce compliance now, not in a year.

Thank you, Ben!!

Shmuly and Levi Hecht each contributed to Toni Harps campaign. Hence the lack of fines.

Thanks. This really is a beautiful town and it is a shame that the city sits back and allows these piles of trash to fester there for days every week, making it a much less pleasant place to live.

It's not just this location. I've been asking the city to clean up a place on Wooster St. for years (http://seeclickfix.com/issues/719692-garbage-dumped-on-wooster-st, http://seeclickfix.com/issues/1097021-trash-recycling, http://seeclickfix.com/issues/1202834-trash-recycling, http://seeclickfix.com/issues/1354638).

The codes are on the books to prevent this, the city just needs to enforce them.

Getting crap for my "within 1 year comment", Town Green does what it can but we cannot issue tickets or fines so it would behoove people to realize that we have no teeth and can only ask, beg, or convince the proper authorities to work with us. Also, this is one single issue we are working on to raise the quality of life in that area, we have the rest of the downtown to maintain and elevate as well. Permanent changes take time and effort, so when I say within a year I mean that I am working on a permanent solution, not just for this week. A little support for trying our best would be appreciated instead of condescending backlash for an honest answer.

We are closing older Trash and Recycling issues in order to focus on current ones. Many of the issues reported were resolved by our routine Trash and Recycling Services. Some of the older Trash and Recycling issues were ordinance violations which were responded to by warnings and tickets. If your particular Trash and Recycling issue was not resolved, please open up a new 2019 issue. Thanks.