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FURTHERMORE, 1.1 KILOMETRES OF NEW ACCESS ROAD WERE CONSTRUCTED AND 1.2 KILOMETRES OF EXISTING ROAD MAINTAINED. SIMILARLY 1.5 KILOMETRES OF NEW FOOTPATHS WERE CONSTRUCTED. AND 15.7 KILOMETRES MAINTAINED.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO ADVISED ALL PEOPLE WHO VISIT OR WORK IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF THE NEED TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF HILL FIRE.
+SUCH FIRES DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT DESTROYING TREES AND VEGETATION, AND REDUCING TO ASHES A GOOD DEAL OF MONEY AND EFFORT INVESTED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
IN ALL +APPROPRIATE SIGNS AND INFORMATION NOTICES ARE PUT UP BARBECUE AND PICNIC PLACES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT, MAKING IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR WHERE VISITORS MAY OR MAY NOT LIGHT FIRES.+
ON THE SUBJECT OF LITTER, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT, ON AVERAGE, VISITORS SEEMED TO LEAVE ABOUT 8 OZ. OF LITTER AFTER EACH VISIT, ADDING UP TO VERY LARGE QUANTITIES INDEED.
HE URGED VISITORS TO CONSIDER TAKING THEIR LITTER HOME AS A MATTER OF COURSE, OR AT THE VERY LEAST PLACING IT IN ONE OF THE MANY LITTER BINS PROVIDED FOR THEIR USE.
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