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I went up one side if East Rock Park and down the other and found widely scattered and very few items littered. The park has not yet to be opened to automobile traffic.
In the parking lot that ends at the closed auto gate to East Rock, however, I quickly filled a grocery bag with litter and discarded filth -- despite the presence in the lot of at least three large trash bins.
As soon as the gate is opened to automobile traffic the entire park will again be a dumping ground for alcohol, tobacco, and fast food containers as well as entire bags of garbage, cheap discarded furniture, tires, and mattresses.
I implore the city to keep the fair closed to auto traffic and to provide a shuttle bus service every hour for those who want to enjoy the view. But let in New Haven and Hamden's trashiest citizens in their own vehicles and be prepared for further trash and filth and desecration.