As I walked down 64 Avenue around King George Boulevard, property after property had signs for Panorama development and dumps of construction worker vests, measuring tapes, workboots as well as the always present children's toys, plastic jugs, bags of clothing and plant pots.
Once development is finished the leftovers of realtor signs, balloons, ribbons and flyers spread out from these sites like a ugly rash across Surrey.
Once I get into my own neighborhood, the construction sites are smaller, but even more trashy. Workers casually toss aside their fast food containers and cups, cigarette buts and packaging, as well as many other items which are not construction related. The scattered litter and garbage is an eyesore and gets blown to other properties by the wind. Sites which do have fencing, seem to have free reign to fill it with pizza boxes, drink cups and fast food trash.
Once development is finished the leftovers of realtor signs, balloons, ribbons and flyers spread out from these sites like a ugly rash across Surrey.
Construction buckets and jugs of mostly empty liquids, face masks, tar paper, roof shingles, nails and everything else gets tossed aside, both on their property, on adjacent properties and on the street. We all know construction sites are messy, but garbage should not blow through the streets and I should not have to step over dangerous materials on the sidewalk or streetside. Hazardous substances should not be entering our waterways because of this careless behavior.
Stricter compliance to the unsightly property by-laws for businesses and contractors should be enforced. I feel building sites should not pass building inspections if they are in violation of the unsightly property by-laws on any of their properties or holdings.
We need to eliminate this bad habit of tossing litter on the ground.
Spread the word. Keep Canada Clean.
Stricter compliance to the unsightly property by-laws for businesses and contractors should be enforced. I feel building sites should not pass building inspections if they are in violation of the unsightly property by-laws on any of their properties or holdings.
We need to eliminate this bad habit of tossing litter on the ground.
Spread the word. Keep Canada Clean.