6th Ward Councilman Derry Glenn held a news conference this morning to discuss concerns regarding railroad clean up on the south side of town.
Councilman Glenn says residents of the 6th ward brought to his attention all the upkeep and maintenance that needs to be done at the private CSX Railroad crossing on Central and Vine near the parking lot of the former Century Link and on Reese Avenue. Glenn says he's contacted the city to get someone to come out and clean up but he hasn't heard anything from the city regarding the issue.
"I'm letting the people know I can't do anything about it only thing I can do is write a letter to them. I sent it to the administration right now it's in the administration's hands right now, Howard Elstro, and we haven't heard anything it's been over three weeks now haven't heard anything about it," says Glenn.
We spoke to Community Development Director, Susan Crotty and she says the issue was handled the following day Councilman Glenn brought it up at the council meeting.
"Our Property Maintenance Inspector contacted the railroad the next day on Tuesday and the railroads did send out a contractor to mow some of the property and they indicated they would come back to finish the mowing and they also did some trash cleanup even though there wasn't a lot of trash at the site on that day, if there are continuing concerns we always encourage the public and our council members to call my department and we will follow up on any concerns," says Crotty.
If you do have any concerns regarding property or neighborhood clean up you can call (419) 221-5146.
