HOUSTON – As part of KPRC 2′s commitment to fighting for residents and holding Houston City Leaders accountable, we’ve returned to another part of the city to help another neighborhood.
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On Monday, our Rilwan Balogun was able to mobilize city resources to clean up an illegal dumping site in Houston’s South Park neighborhood in just a few hours. This, after residents had been battling the eyesore for months, reaching out to the city through 311, but had seen little to no action until KPRC 2 intervened.
The site, located at a former Family Dollar on Airport Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, had become a dumping ground for a variety of waste, including furniture, construction materials, and other debris. Homeowners, led by Travis McGee, president of the South Park Super Neighborhood, expressed frustration over the ongoing issue.
Within hours, the site was finally cleaned and the neighborhood’s issue was resolved.
FOLLOW-UP: City cleans dumping site in South Park neighborhood after KPRC 2 steps in
A viewer who lives in the Hill Park Place neighborhood in southeast Houston, saw this report, reached out to Balogun, and asked for him to step in to assist.
One resident said her garbage pile has been growing on the corner of Hall Ranch Court for months. Earlier in the year, city officials helped clear some of the trash, but it has since returned and grown in the last three months.
Some residents also have said they’ve put in 311 requests and were told the matters have been resolved when they haven’t.
One homeowner even told us heavy trash pick up hasn’t arrived in months, leading them to keep trash in the garage.
Rilwan has reached out to Council Member Joaquin Martinez’s office, Solid Waste Department Greater Southeast Management District for comment, but has not heard back, as of this writing. He will have more updates in this article later on today as well as a live report.
