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The city says it will take 90 days to clean the pile, located along the 9500 block of South Central Expressway. Make sure we do everything safe, we got monitors inside and outside, so it was not an easy process to get something started, but as of today you are seeing, it took a couple years of litigation but now it s coming down, that s the good part, it s coming down now, Atkins said. Right now we really can t get overjoyed as much as everybody else because we have seen this start before, constantly before. And it started before, and it stopped. And here it is again, Marsha Jackson, who lives alongside the pile, told NBC 5.
Removal of pile of shingles may take up to 90 days, city leader says
Published December 14, 2020 •
Updated on December 14, 2020 at 12:51 pm
NBC 5 News
After a long wait, clean-up at Southern Dallas so-called shingle mountain may begin soon, according to City Councilman Tennell Atkins.
A 100,000-ton mountain of illegally dumped and used shingles has been sitting next door to Marsha Jackson s home in southeast Dallas for nearly three years. She began calling the city complaining about the dumpsite in January 2018, which she described as being less than 50 feet from her bedroom.
In interviews with NBC 5, Jackson said dust from the site forced her family indoors and impacted their health.
In the shadow of “Shingle Mountain,” southeast Dallas neighbors fight to dismantle a legacy of environmental racism The residents of Choate Road in southeast Dallas have seen the rise of Shingle Mountain, a more than 70,000-ton toxic waste dump that was created by a recycling company. Now they hope the city of Dallas keeps its promise to tear the mountain down. by Alejandra Martinez, KERA News
Dec. 9, 2020 Copy link Cecilia Del Toro Garcia stands in her backyard, where Shingle Mountain is visible in the background. The yard, which was once a home for Garcia’s garden, is now barren because of the toxic waste dump.