Alief neighbors say heavy trash is piling up alongside illegal dumping in neighborhood

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Trash is piling up in one Alief neighborhood. Neighbors told ABC13 people have started using an area off of South Kirkwood and Fifth Street as a dumping ground, and they want it to stop. One neighbor told ABC13 they have tried to get answers from the city on when they can pick this up, but so far, there has been no action. He told Eyewitness News on Tuesday that he saw a man in the early hours of the morning try to dump chairs onto the pile, and that's when he stepped in. A frustrated neighbor in Alief is saying enough is enough. "The city shouldn't let it get like this," a frustrated neighbor Kurt Von Ogden said. Neighbors say the pile started as unpicked up heavy trash, and has now turned into people in the community illegally dumping things. "It's not how it makes me feel, it's how other people look at this city. 'Wow, you let your stuff get like that?" Von Ogden said. He has lived on Fifth Street near Kirkwood for decades, and he says he's never had this issue. "I can see a bit of a delay. I can see maybe you miss a month or something, but come on, there ain't no excuse for six months," Von Ogden said. ABC13 has reached out to the city's solid waste management department to find out when they were last here and how soon they'll be coming back to this community. We're still awaiting a response. "I felt like telling the city, 'If you don't get out of here and do this, we're going to have one big bonfire,'" Von Ogden said. "Just uncalled for." As for Kurt, he was able to deter the man from dumping his trashed chairs this time around, but he says this shouldn't be his fight. Neighbors just want to see the city take action. For updates on this story, follow Daniela Hurtado on Facebook, X and Instagram.