Trash and encampments along streets, highways, and interstates is a growing problem in Colorado — one that costs more than $2 million each year to address, according to CDOT. via robharristv
DENVER — For months, Norman Brown has been watching homeless encampments and garbage piles accumulate just down from his Denver home at the I-25 off-ramp to Lincoln Street and beneath the I-25 overpass of Broadway. He reached out to Denver7, saying he has become increasingly concerned for his family’s health and safety.
Brown says on a daily basis now, he wakes up to trash in his yard, and has seen vehicles get flat tires from debris strewn across the road. He says he has been reporting the issue to both the city of Denver and the Colorado Department of Transportation for months, but has not seen lasting improvement.
A spokesperson for CDOT told Denver7 that the agency cannot clear out encampments until local law enforcement has safely removed the people living there. Even with that, CDOT clears out two to three encampments each week, adding up to several tons of trash and debris. Even when an encampment is cleared and trash is removed, it is common for the problem to return quickly after. Brown says city crews cleared one of the camps he had reported on Broadway in late January. Within a week, the trash had returned and was once again blowing into his yard.
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