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Phoenix, Peoria officials address camping near Carefree Highway

A Google Maps street view screenshot of Carefree Highway at Lake Pleasant Parkway.

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In the far northwest Valley, where Lake Pleasant Parkway intersects the Carefree Highway, dozens of tents, campers and trailers have taken up camping on Arizona State Trust Land.

It’s not an uncommon place to camp and it is allowed with a permit, but officials are seeing more activity up there than in past years, and with it has come littering and dumping.

Officials said Peoria and Phoenix police departments, as well as code enforcement are working to collaborate on the tracking problematic areas.

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