this is a huge issue. Ive seen the same men that live in these tents shooting each other up with drugs while sitting at the light.

Hey Mayor Turner it’s an election year fix this and other homeless panhandlers!!!!!

This has been an issue for the past 2 years and is getting worse. The panhandlers are leaving bags of trash, living in tents under the freeway and in the empty side lots. They also are very aggressive on asking for money by offering to clean windows and it causes backlogs in traffic and dangerous that they get in the way of drivers. Also I have seen drug deals go down. I have called the local police precinct and they say they can’t do anything until a serious issue arises (aka someone has to die). It is very frustrating that the city hasn’t done a final solution after the multiple complaints on the 311 site that have been posted by law abiding citizens in the last year. 311 has a responsibility to gather all the complaints and present them to the mayor to find a solution.

@Nancy, HPD can do something. You may have spoken to a newer dispatcher. Aggressive behavior from the panhandlers is not allowed, let alone panhandling in and of itself.

I have personally posted about this intersection several times on 311 and nothing has been done. I have started to take different routes due to how unsafe I feel at that intersection. City of Houston, please DO SOMETHING. Those of us who comment on this site are tax paying citizens who care about our city and it is incredibly disappointing that the city continues to ignore this issue over and over again.