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Columbus Dispatch: Crews set to clean up pigeons' mess on Neil below I-670



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The Watch: Crews set to clean up pigeons' mess on Neil below I-670

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 03:06 AM

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

The scenic strolls that Christopher Jones frequently takes through his Columbus neighborhood turn sour when he passes beneath I-670 on Neil Avenue.

Jones said he has to watch his step for dead pigeons and waste from the flocks on the underpass above. He wondered who is responsible for cleaning the sidewalks and replacing lights that don't work.

"It just doesn't seem like anybody goes under there and tries to clean it out," said Jones, a retiree who lives in Victorian Village. "It's just bothered me. I figured here in the spring they would come out and clean up."

The underpass rafters, where the pigeons roost, and its walls are kept up by the Ohio Department of Transportation, but the sidewalk and road are the charge of city workers, said Columbus Public Service spokesman Rick Tilton.

City crews clean that area at least once a year, and workers fixing potholes or sweeping streets report dead animals that need to be removed from roads and sidewalks.

Tilton said a crew was scheduled to power-wash the sidewalks and remove dead animals last night.

ODOT spokeswoman Nancy Burton said the department will begin its spring cleaning in May, which includes power-washing the underpass walls. The department also will see whether lights need to be replaced.

cbinkley@dispatch.com

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