blight

"We've committed to addressing the speed of play," Monahan said as he announced working group recommendations that will be implemented to try to erase one of the sport's biggest blights.

There’s a reason the 1,100-mile natural wonder that stretches from the Oregon border to the Mexico border does not, for the most part, resemble the blighted, overdeveloped coasts of other states.

But what will those who have been blighted by the works do when they are finally removed?

Roads in the national park have recently been blighted by parking issues, including on 11 January when "around 200 cars" prevented gritting from taking place.

“There were these communities that backed up to the river, where really all they had was blight and chain-link fences and overgrown weeds,” she said.