With a sudden break in his schedule, Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson drove to see the parking lot where people park, eat their lunch, and toss their trash next to a creek.
He didn’t like it, and said so. Here’s the problem and how to fix it.
You can help by reporting trash or other problems through Valdosta’s Click ‘n’ Fix app.
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Mayor, trash, fast food, trash cans at storefronts
He had not seen this mess before, on St. Augustine Road, next to Hightower Creek. Continue reading
Here may be how that KFC trash got into the WWALS boom on Sugar Creek.
Remember, you can report trash problems through Valdosta’s Click ‘n’ Fix smartphone app. For trash or other problems elsewhere, here’s how to report: https://wwals.net/report/.
There’s a Kentucky Fried Chicken at 1300 St. Augustine Road, marked by the big red pushbutton on the map. Continue reading
Update 2021-10-05: They did it again at the end of September!
Great relief was felt by the WWALS Sugar Creek cleanup crew, because Valdosta Stormwater has taken a hand at the Sugar Creek trashjam!
![[Trashjam Quartet by Angela Bray]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2021-09-17--vld-sugar-creek-cleanup/quartet.jpg)
Trashjam Quartet by Angela Bray
You are all invited to come help clean up Sugar Creek on Saturday, October 9, 2021, at this same location behind the Salty Snapper on Gornto Road.
Meanwhile, thanks to Valdosta Stormwater for not just cleaning up, but starting some repeated steps to find out when this trashjam forms and where it’s coming from.
This is the same trashjam that was pictured in Valdosta’s 2010 Stormwater Master Plan, as discussed with Mayor Scott James on his radio show, August 12, 2021.
Finally, on Friday, September 16, 2021, Valdosta Stormwater Division got hands-on and cleaned up themselves! Continue reading
The Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreational Authority (VLPRA) has updated its web page to have the name agreed on by its board some months back:
Troupville Boat Ramp
Troupville Boat Ramp offers access to the Little River on the border of Lowndes and Brooks Counties and is located near Exit 18 off Interstate 75 at the intersection of St. Augustine and Val Tech Road in Valdosta GA.
Latitude/ Longitude: 30°51’6.63″N 83°20’47.53″W
That looks like Georgia Photography Fanatic’s drone work.
This ramp goes by many other names, such as the former VLPRA name of Little River Boat Ramp, which wasn’t very informative, since there are five boat ramps on the Little River. Others include: Continue reading
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