Pittsburgh Public Works director weighs in on city trash buildup; deputy mayor issues formal letter

Trash has been piling up in city neighborhoods over the last several days as city leaders acknowledge that the delays have been a big problem.

Today, the head of public works repeated a claim from the mayor’s office that the city controller is to blame.

Channel 11’s Talia Kirkland spoke with the director, who said that the lack of operating garbage trucks and delayed trash services is a result of the city controller’s decision to withhold payments to the contracted vendor…

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