Roanoke resident raises concerns over illegal dumping returning to Blue Hills construction site

ROANOKE, Va. – Months after trash was cleaned up from a construction site in Roanoke’s Blue Hills area, illegal dumping has returned, raising concerns for a nearby resident about potential environmental impacts.

10 News first reported on the dumping in February, when piles of household trash had accumulated at the site alongside large amounts of concrete and asphalt.

A few weeks after the initial report, much of the household trash was removed, and large boulders were placed near the entrance in an effort to prevent people from driving onto the property to dump waste…

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