Cleaning up the Blue Ridge Parkway

ROANOKE (WSLS) - The Blue Ridge Parkway is a little cleaner after more than two dozen people volunteered to pick up trash Saturday.

It was part of Citizens Day where people were working on service projects across the Commonwealth. 

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine was there along with Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

They picked up trash including a tire off the parkway.

"We want to make sure the kids and grandkids can enjoy it and that means we go to take care to clean it up. Park service budgets have been stagnant over the years and that means that we rely on volunteers to help with maintenance," said Tim Kaine who plans to come back and volunteer again to clean the parkway.

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