Residents who live near Biscayne Bay in Brickell are voicing frustration over what they describe as an ongoing problem with litter being tossed into the water. Some residents report witnessing drivers park near the baywalk, throw trash over the seawall, and then leave without consequence.
Ernesto Cuesta, a Brickell resident and president of the Brickell Homeowners Association, said he has noticed a lack of signage prohibiting littering.
“Do you see any signs around that prohibit littering into the bay?” Cuesta asked. “You don’t see that. You see a lot of cars coming in [to the baywalk area near 15th Road on Brickell Bay Drive], parking here, which they are probably not even residents in the area, and dumping garbage into the bay”…