NW Houston residents frustrated with trash mound near school bus stop still not cleaned after a month

A northwest side neighborhood has waited almost a month for the city to do something about a mound of dangerous debris near a school bus stop.

HOUSTON - Northwest side residents have grown impatient after waiting almost a month for a nasty mound of trash near a school bus stop to be cleaned up.

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Since calling the city’s 311 helplines almost a month ago about this huge nasty mess in the 1600 block of Ojeman, all residents like Lesley Abrunhosa have to show for it, is a case number and emails passing her off from one city department starting with the Solid Waste Department.

"It’s an eyesore a horrible eyesore and a health hazard," said Abrunhosa. "It’s been there since October the 13th.

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"I’ve contacted them about 3 or 4 times now and they referred it to the Department of Neighborhoods and the next step is for the Department of Neighborhoods to investigate it," Abrunhosa added.

I doubt the city of Houston employees would put up with this mess in their neighborhoods for 10 minutes. However, these folks have been waiting for almost a month.

"There’s a school bus an elementary school bus that stops picks up and drops off children there," said Abrunhosa.

And what they are walking close to includes wet mattresses, beer cans, broken glass, and whatever else is underneath this mound of trash.

In an email chain with the city’s Solid Waste Department Abrunhosa is passed off to another city department. At one point she’s told it could take a least 25 days for the city to investigate even though she sent photos of the trash heap.

"We’ve been very patient and when I got the email yesterday from solid waste saying now they were referring it to another department that’s when I reached out to you and said can you help us," Abrunhosa said.

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FOX 26 reached out to the mayor's office Public works and the Department of Neighborhoods with no callback, as of this writing. We will keep trying until the city actually does something.