Risking Life and Limb - again.

Why would any sane person walk through one of Huntington's six viaducts to pick up litter on the sidewalk and in both lanes of traffic?

Today, I will clean the 10th Street viaduct, as I have done with the city's other five, at one time or another, this summer. The picture at the left is the "after" photo I took of 10th Street's viaduct when I last cleaned it on May 27th.

I was going to ask, "Have you driven through it in the last week, or so?" But that is a silly question, as thousands of city residents and visitors drive through the various viaducts every day, and they can't help noticing their squalid condition.

So, I will ask this question, "If the viaducts are such focal points, why are they not kept clean by the Huntington Street Department?" Beats me.

So, later this morning I will risk life and limb (for the 10th-time this summer) to clean up the one at 10th Street.

I'm sending a link for this blog to Mayor David Felinton and members of Huntington City Council. I want them to know that it only takes one-65-year-old private citizen approximately 47-minutes per viaduct to render them litter-free, and that is without a protective vehicle escort. I sure hope the cars and trucks traveling through there will slow down and yield some room for me. I'll be the white-bearded old man with the bright lime-green vest that is emblazoned with "VOLUNTEER" on the front and back.