Public works assured us the trash would be cleaned up, but when we brought the Department of Environmental Protection back weeks later, they were still in violation. It looks like foam rubber under here, but who knows what is in this water. This may eventually be a city park, but it turns out, this parcel of land is still owned by Volusia County. The county admits this is neglected property. They say that there just aren't enough resources to go around.
Neighbors have to do their own policing even in future parks.
They have to file formal complaints, make many persistent phone calls and sometimes call in reinforcements. Two days, five inmates, equipment operators, supervisors and several thousand dollars later more than 24 cubic yards of debris were cleared from the lake and surrounding land. But, there are many more dumping areas like this one out there. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.