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Freeport residents press council on code enforcement, AmeriWaste pickup, school traffic and emissions concerns
Summary
Three residents urged the council to increase police and code enforcement staffing, enforce a municipal trash contract with AmeriWaste, address a problematic school pickup intersection and investigate alleged LNG emissions and environmental health concerns.
Several residents used the public-comment period to urge the Freeport City Council to step up code enforcement and address service problems.
Margaret McMahan, who said she lives at 1330 W. Eighth Street, urged the council to staff police and code enforcement so they can be “proactive versus reactive.” She told the council the four-way stop installed at Eighth and Pecan has made the intersection more dangerous, that school pickup traffic backs up from School Circle Drive down…
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