Letter to the editor
The Pioneer’s April 3 editorial recounting the experience of a couple finding many alcohol beverage containers along Westside Road is very similar to my experience on Windermere Loop Road.
While riding my bike I have been startled by the number of mostly beer cans in the ditch with almost no other litter including pop cans or water bottles.
I noted a few “hot spots” around Windermere Valley Golf Club and Swansea Mountain recreation area access. It strongly suggests that occupants of vehicles are consuming alcohol and disposing of the evidence.
If it were just random littering then other containers would be expected. In fact, that is the experience cycling back along the highway. The litter is much more diverse. Pop cans, water bottles, and fast food trash are all sadly evident along with beer and cooler cans.
It would be interesting if the RCMP report in the Pioneer regularly included a chart showing alcohol violations over time so the residents can see if the issue is getting better, same or worse.
John Parkin, Windermere
