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Crews to begin cleaning up Shingle Mountain in South Oak Cliff

Crews to begin cleaning up Shingle Mountain in South Oak Cliff By FOX 4 Staff DALLAS - An eyesore in Dallas known as Shingle Mountain will finally be removed. The massing mountain of shingles is in southeast Oak Cliff near Interstate 20 and Interstate 45. The city has been fighting a recycling company in court to stop them from dumping the waste at the location. City Councilman Tennell Atkins said the court entered a judgment that allows a city contractor to remove the shingles. Contractors will spend a few days preparing the site for safe removal. It should take about three months to complete.

Shingle Mountain

Though the city has hired a company to haul Shingle Mountain away, residents of Floral Farms in southeast Dallas say tearing it down would be just the start of the recovery process. They re calling for more to be done, including the implementation of a plan that will address racial zoning. Listen • 5:17

Shingle Mountain cleanup expected to start this week in southern Dallas

‘From 200 to 400 loads a day’: Shingle Mountain cleanup set to start in southern Dallas Contractors started doing prep work to move the six-story pile of debris that has accumulated near homes for nearly three years Amber Wang, a board member for Downwinders at Risk, holds a sign reading property city of Dallas as she stands with other activists outside of Shingle Mountain after a giant countdown clean-up calendar was installed, on Nov. 16, 2020 in Dallas. The calendar signals the end of a 30-day public notice required by state and local officials to begin cleanup.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor) with more background on Shingle Mountain’s origins.

Advocates Say Removal Of Shingle Mountain Is Only The Beginning

KERA News Marsha Jackson, a resident at Floral Farms, looks at the giant pile of shingles that is visible from her backyard. Jackson says she wears long-sleeved shirts when she’s outside due to the harmful particles in the air. Though the city has hired a company to haul Shingle Mountain away, residents of Floral Farms in southeast Dallas say tearing it down would be just the start of the recovery process. They re calling for more to be done, including the implementation of a plan that will address racial zoning. For close to three years, in the agricultural community of Floral Farms, a mound of shingles stands so high that it s been notoriously nicknamed Shingle Mountain.

The Gilmer Mirror - In the shadow of Shingle Mountain southeast Dallas neighbors fight to dismantle a legacy of environmental racism

The Gilmer Mirror - In the shadow of Shingle Mountain southeast Dallas neighbors fight to dismantle a legacy of environmental racism
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