City officials in Burlington are considering scheduled clean-ups to target syringe litter in a downtown park.
Syringe litter is one of the top complaints city officials get about City Hall Park. At a city council meeting in September, officials shared proposals including to add more clean ups and to increase police presence in the park.
Lee Morrigan, a member of the Burlington Parks Commission, said these are new issues for parks employees.
“Our folks are dealing with a ton, and a ton that’s potentially outside the ... in years past the realms of the parks, but is very much a [part of] parks now," she said.
Morrigan said the commission hopes to release a plan for how they might address syringe litter soon.
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