PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang picked up 800 pounds of roadside litter from six miles of Mary Clark Road and 600 pounds of roadside litter from eight miles of A Road during the week of Oct. 7-11.
Crew members also picked up 180 pounds of litter from two illegal dumpsites on River Road and 600 pounds of litter from three illegal dumpsites on Fish Hatchery Road.
Crew members assisted the county Roads Division by brushing and chipping along Mount Pleasant and Ennis Creek roads.
Crew members completed a fence around the area of the Ward Road/Woodcock Road bridge.
Crew members picked up and chipped storm debris from Place, Elwha River, Schoolhouse, O’Brien, Township Line, Deer Park, Joyce-Piedmont, East Beach, South Shore, Herrick, Crescent Beach and Old State roads as well as Point Lane.
So far this year the chain gang has cleaned 172.25 miles of roadway, picked up 10,570 pounds of roadside litter, picked up 183,430 pounds of illegal dumpsite litter, trimmed 94,358 feet of guardrail, pulled or sprayed approximately 31,580 Scotch broom plants and brushed 9.5 miles of county right-of-way.
For the Forest Service, the chain gang has so far this year cleaned 11.1 miles of forest service roads or trails.
