OLD LYME — The Halls Road Improvements Committee is holding a follow-up Halls Road Clean-Up Work Party this morning, Saturday, April 17, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The rain date is Saturday, April 24.
The meeting point is the access road for the old bridge.
The organizers invite community members to come help detangle the wooded lot next to the old bridge abutment off Halls Road. You do not have to stay for the whole duration of the event — any time you can offer will be much appreciated.
They ask that you bring gloves, clippers, loppers, rakes, and hand saws and be ready to do some bush-whacking.
Stressing that participants should wear protective clothing and use tick-repellant, they comment cheerfully, “It’s a jungle in there!”
In the fall of 2018 the Halls Road Improvements Committee began the work to remove trash and untangle the wooded lot leading to the old bridge abutment on the Lieutenant River.
Noting that it is time to finish the project near the river and collect up any litter in the lot, the organizers say enthusiastically, “This is a fun way to get to know your neighbors and contribute to the efforts of Halls Road improvements.”
Work will be in small, mask-wearing, socially-distanced groups and involve pulling out all the dead wood, trash, and invasive plants to the access road.
At a later date, the Old Lyme Public Works crew will dispose of the piles and do any necessary final chain-sawing.