OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City crews have uncovered 28 rentable Lime-S electric scooters in the mile-long Bricktown Canal after draining 3 million gallons of water.
Parks and Recreation crews also found four skateboards, a bicycle and a wheelchair while performing the canal cleanup as the city aims to do every three years.
“It is quite the haul,” said Scott Copelin, natural resources manager for Oklahoma City Parks and Recreation.
The crews also found several wallets, cellphones, dozens of orange safety cones and a camera tripod, The Oklahoman reported.
As for the dozens of fish found in the canal, they were moved to continue their swimming journeys elsewhere.
The municipal H.B. Parsons Fish Hatchery relocated about 50 catfish to the Oklahoma River. Garden Ponds Unlimited in Moore stepped in to relocate nearly 30 goldfish and koi to a display pond where they will be monitored for a few months, according to Lauri Lucas, co-owner of the pond contractor.
“We are so grateful that we were able to save these fish and provide them with a new koi pond home with good water quality where they can be cared for until they are re-homed,” Lucas said.
Lucas encourages the public to bring unwanted koi and goldfish to a pond store instead of releasing them into the wild where they may not survive.
To further improve the canal, work to replace the lighting system around it is slated to begin this year.
Architects recommended safety measures after a 23-year-old Wesley Seeley of Tuttle died and 31-year-old Brian Gann of Van Buren, Arkansas, was critically injured after both were electrocuted in the canal in 2018.
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