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Article: Street success; Worcester rids roads of abandoned cars.(NEWS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2009
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Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos
WORCESTER - Six years ago, abandoned vehicles littered the city's landscape like discarded fast-food wrappers.
It wasn't a problem confined to any particular neighborhood, but rather one that infiltrated many parts of the city. Not only were the abandoned vehicles an eyesore, but they created various public safety problems as well.
In response to concerns raised by many neighborhood leaders, and at the urging of the City Council, the city implemented a program in 2003 to get those vehicles off the streets.
Since the inception of the Abandoned Vehicle Removal Program, 7,786 abandoned vehicles have been removed - ...