Letter: Trash trucks littering highway

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Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001 | 8:41 a.m.

We had the opportunity to drive into Las Vegas from the north on Interstate 15 a few days ago. After being struck by the beauty of the Virgin River Gorge, I cannot tell you the shock and disappointment we experienced as we got closer to your city.

My husband and I couldn't imagine where all of the trash littering the highway and countryside came from until we saw the semi-trucks hauling trash. They were covered, in a fashion. In a fashion that allows a phenomenal amount of trash to get airborne over the landscape.

Someone is being allowed to turn several miles of highway into a dump. It left quite an impression on us.

KAREN SIRRIDGE Paradise Valley, Ariz.