To begin, I would like to thank the West Windsor-Plainsboro News for providing the opportunity to voice my concern about the condition of our local environment, namely the area along Penn Lyle Road. There is a growing amount of litter on the sidewalk and curbs, and it is encroaching on the natural area, seeping both into the woods and the stream.
I traverse Penn Lyle at least three times a week during my speed walks and I witness the mounting trash along the way. Earlier this week, I dragged to a nearby trash can a four-foot-long strip of heavy duty plastic, a remnant of someone’s landscape stone packaging. If I had had a large garbage bag, I could have filled it with plastic cups and lids from WaWa, plastic bottles, cans, plastic grocery store bags, and other refuse.
Equally important to our local environment is the worrisome matter of dead animals along Penn Lyle Road. While most of us are familiar with the vagaries of deer and small wild animals darting into the street, drivers also have a responsibility to look out for the wild life, and adhering to the speed limit can help.
The other day on my walk, I snapped a photo of a dead fawn by the curb along Penn Lyle. The small, white-spotted fawn, its tender legs thin as saplings, looked as though it had only recently become strong enough to fully carry its own weight, and yet, so newly born, it was already bashed out of its life and left to rot.
Trash on the street, carrion by the curb — good folks of West Windsor, you and I can make a difference in the outcome. Please, when you’re walking on Penn Lyle Road, pick up at least one piece of litter, and if you’re driving down the road, look carefully, drive slowly. We need everyone’s participation in the effort to advance and maintain our pristine and conscionable environment.
Elizabeth Madden-Zibman
Arnold Drive
