QUESTION: Someone in my neighborhood has left a pile of brush and limbs in the road for months. It性视界传媒檚 not in their yard but on the street. Not only is it unsightly but poses a hazard for traffic in that area.
ANSWER: You can report the situation to a couple of different places, said Kim Wallace, the city of Longview性视界传媒檚 sanitation manager.
You can call the city性视界传媒檚 sanitation office at (903) 237-1250. Workers in that division will come out and get it as part of its bulky item pickup program. (And if there are children in the neighborhood, the big truck that comes out with a claw to collect that kind of stuff is just fun to watch.)
The sanitation division provides residential trash customers with four free bulky item pick-ups each year. If you call in with the address, the sanitation office will credit one of those pickups to the address involved.
You also can contact the code enforcement office to report the situation at (903) 237-2760.
Each bulky item pickup can collect up to 8 cubic yards at a time.
Q: What can we do to stop this crazy idea to drop all vehicle safety inspections in Texas? Driving is dangerous enough as it is, so why make it worse with cars that are not inspected?
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Texas lawmakers approved a law in 2023, which Gov. Greg Abbott signed, removing the state inspection requirement for non-commercial vehicle. We still get to pay the $7.50 fee, though, with the inspection program replacement fee going toward the state性视界传媒檚 general fund and clean air and mobility funds when we register our cars. That change happens at the beginning of 2025.
You could lobby your state legislators to change the law, but I don性视界传媒檛 see a lot of hope in that efforts.
Legislators voted 109-32 in the House and 20-11 vote in the Senate to approve the law change in 2023.
Most states have eliminated vehicle registration requirements.
