Puerto Vallarta streets are overflowing with trash because the city is unable to pay sanitation contractors an overdue balance of $30 million pesos.
The city operates six trash collection trucks but depends on contracted services to help with sanitation throughout the municipality. While unable to pay its bills, the city is utilizing their six trucks in the largest areas of trash producers, such as shopping malls and heavily populated restaurant areas, and trying to manage the residential areas when possible.
The current city administration has battled with poor budgeting and interruption of sanitation services in the city for several years . . .
