WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — WPTV is committed to helping you find solutions to your daily concerns.
Lani Goodrich is a West Palm Beach business owner who called us after seeing piles of garbage along I-95 during her morning commute to work.
"I-95 looks like a third-world kind of garbage dump," Goodrich said. "The trash is disgusting, and if someone needs to pick it up, we need to find out who that person is."
WPTV took these concerns directly to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and they explained the detailed process that goes into keeping the roadways in Palm Beach County clean and clear of garbage.
FDOT told WPTV Reporter Brooke Chau that their Regional Traffic Management Center monitors I-95 with cameras 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and coordinates with Road Rangers and the Florida Highway Patrol when large debris is observed.
"These items, such as couches, mattresses, ladders, and other furniture, are promptly removed from the roadway to ensure motorist safety," FDOT said in a statement.
In some sections of Palm Beach County, FDOT said they remove an average of 30 metric tons of debris from the roadways per month.
However, FDOT explains that the asset maintenance contractors who are in charge of keeping I-95 clean are facing a challenge right now caused by the increase of illegal dumping and littering along the roadway.
FDOT says if residents see an area that needs to be addressed, send an email to the Palm Beach Operation Center for resolution at d4-pbopscustomerservice@dot.state.fl.us.
