A HUNDRED 65-POUND BAGS OF TRASH: THAT’S WHAT STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT CREWS HAD PICKED UP BY MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF LAST WEEK’S EASTER PILGRIMAGE TO CHIMAYO. THE LITTER WAS MOSTLY ALONG NEW MEXICO 76 AND 503 INTO CHIMAYO.
D-O-T SPOKESPERSON MELISSA DOSHER SAYS IT’S ABOUT WHAT WAS LEFT ON THE ROUTE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. BUT SHE TELLS US PILGRIMS DIDN’T HAVE TO LEAVE THAT LITTER ON THE ROADWAYS. SHE SAYS THE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT TRASH BARRELS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, AND MADE TRASH RECEPTACLES THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE EASTER PILGRIMAGE.
MOST OF THE TRASH WAS WATER BOTTLES, RELIGIOUS FLYERS, AND ORANGE PEELS. ON TUESDAY, STATE INMATES ARE COMPLETED THE JOB BY CLEARING OUT THE PAPER THAT BLEW INTO FENCES.
