There is THAT much stuff on the road?

Yeah, I know there is because I see it when I am walking and riding my bike. But it is interesting to see numbers put to the stuff on the road. And only two (albeit long) roads. Kudos to Orem's Public Works Department and its efforts to keep the hundreds of miles of streets clean.

Part of an email I received from city staff:

"Wanted to let you know that we swept State Street and University Parkway, including the along the medians, last Sunday. It took all three sweepers 12 hours to sweep these two highways. They estimate they picked up between 45-50 tons of material (sand, dirt, rocks, garbage, leaves, etc.)"