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Houston residents in South Park frustrated by illegal dumping, turn to KPRC 2

Residents in Houston's South Park neighborhood frustrated by illegal dumping, turn to KPRC 2 for help (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

HOUSTON – Residents in Houston’s south side tell KPRC 2 they’ve dealt with persistent illegal dumping.

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The South Park Super Neighborhood President Travis McGee reached out to KPRC 2′s Rilwan Balogun to help.

“The city will never fix the illegal dumping problem because they simply don’t enforce it,” McGee told Balogun.

Residents in Houston's South Park neighborhood frustrated by illegal dumping, turn to KPRC 2 for help (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

The area in question is in Council District D. Balogun reached out to Council Member Carolyn Evans-Shabazz for comment.

This article will be updated with more information and you can find more in a live report at 5 and 6 p.m.


About the Authors
Rilwan Balogun headshot

Nigerian-born Tennessean, passionate storyteller, cinephile, and coffee addict

Ahmed Humble headshot

Historian, educator, writer, expert on "The Simpsons," amateur photographer, essayist, film & tv reviewer and race/religious identity scholar. Joined KPRC 2 in Spring 2024 but has been featured in various online newspapers and in the Journal of South Texas' Fall 2019 issue.

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