On the newly-repaved Ann Street, where to put trash and recycling for pickup appears to be an uncertainty. On the curb? On a driveway? What about the parking lane? How about the bike lane?
A recent drive down the Grand Rapids street revealed a number of trash and recycling carts, as well as yard waste bags, in each of these places, with homeowners seeming to have different opinions on what’s best for them and those with whom they share the road.
“I wouldn’t know if I lived here either,” said Jack Warners, a Grand Rapids resident who bikes on Ann Street during his commute to work. “I’m not saying, ‘Do it this way.’ I don’t know what the answer is.”
Warners says he’s tried to get an answer from the city for “two solid years.” He’s contacted the Grand Rapids Public Works Department, Mobile GR, called the city’s customer service line and reached out to number of city officials, but hasn’t been given any guidance…