Why are downtown Omaha trash cans crated? - WOWT
Why are downtown Omaha trash cans crated?
An Old Market mystery has been solved.
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Social media has been abuzz with theories— some serious, some just plain entertaining — about boarded up trash cans that appeared in downtown Omaha in recent days.
Some guessed the planks were there to keep critters out of the trash:
“It keeps the mountain lions out, and the bears, too.”
“Rabid racoons!”
Others shared more outlandish theories:
“New Omadome battery stations.”
“Those are 5G antennas!”
“All the portals to Council Bluffs are temporarily closed...”
Some thought perhaps it was to prevent people from digging through the trash or to prevent them from being stolen or damaged.
Many also noted it was difficult to get trash into the receptacles at all — but it certainly didn’t stop people from trying. Despite the difficulties in actually using the trash cans, people were still trying to do just that — and many of them were full.
While several folks online did solve the mystery, 6 News asked the Old Market Association for an official explanation on Monday and found out that the trash containers had been delivered Friday morning, but city employees didn’t have the right tool available to unbolt and uncrate them.
“We thought they were going to get the drill bit and come back Friday afternoon,” Jill Panzer, president of the Old Market Association, told 6 News on Monday morning. “We are hoping that the job will be completed on Monday.”
In addition to freeing the new trash cans from their crates, she said crews will also be removing the old trash cans and any debris left by the new ones.
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