A pending enforcement action against a Small Tracts Road property owner has cast a spotlight on the perennial issue of junked cars in the valley. The Haines Borough is now investigating ways to make disposal of wrecks more economical.

The borough in April told landowner Lucy Harrell she had to clean up a former tire shop property on Small Tracts it says contains 18 vehicles, a boat, five decrepit motorcycles, 300 tires and a few…