Burlington, VT PLUS

Casella is picking up trash at the residential Ruggles House every Friday morning at 5:35am. Isn't this before trash trucks are legally allowed to operate in Burlington's residential neighborhoods? What does the ordinance allow? Anytime after 6:30 am ? I called Casella about this a couple weeks ago but they still arrive too early. Their trash trucks are too loud to be operating that early - people are still trying to sleep. They drive around the horseshoe street - from south to north - passing about 70 houses - and when they reach the north side, they go in reverse up the Ruggles driveway with their beep beep reverse alarm sounding. If they don't comply with city regs then they shouldn't be awarded a contract when consolidation happens. Be sure the contract contains a clause for steep penalties for non-compliance with city regs, including speeding and start times for pick up. Thanks!

Broken furniture dumped by school {Spring St. side}.

broken bench and tons of trash

dumped mattresses on greenbelt

Pile of trash outside of bus stop in front of Fletcher free library.

I believe at this point the items are on public/city property.

This entire area stinks like rotting garbage for weeks now.

Gravel fill to water/sewer repairs from 5/12 have been displaced, leaving a deep hole that spans the entire south-bound lane, with no signage whatsoever, just before rush hour.

The most recent water main/sewer repairs to North Ave, including the ones completed over the winter, have left multiple sections of the freshly resurfaced North Ave in a sorry state. The asphalt repairs are absolutely dismal and will only continue to worsen due to frost heaves and plow damage. We need to demand better of our public works department -- there is zero reason to expect this kind of terrible craftsmanship with our ridiculous tax burden. So better.