Thank you for contacting the City of Kent Public Works department. Your request has been received and dispatched to the appropriate Operations section for review.

Thank you for reporting your concerns to the City of Kent Public Works Department. This request will be scheduled for cleanup when resources become available. Due to the complexity of this request, it will be handled by our Environmental Engineering section. We will notify you with updates as they are available.

Public Works Admin - Laree assigned this issue to Public Works Environmental- Tony

Police has been notified of this encampment and will visit the area. Once clear, PW will clean the ROW.

10/17/2022: This mess is still here???

10/19/2022: The mess is still there.

Correction. 10/18/2022: The mess is still there.

10/18/2022: The mess is still there.

10/18/2022: The mess is still there.

UPDATE: Police and PW Operations are aware of this camp along the ROW. City staff are currently working with these folks to assist them with housing options.

Issue 13573292 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.

UPDATE: PD spoke with one of the residents and they are moving their stuff to a storage unit a few blocks away. This specific spot should be cleared shortly.

10/20/2022

8:55 AM: Drove by this spot. Campers were gone but left a big pile of trash by the road.

10:14 AM: Drove back by this spot and Kent Public Works people were picking up the remaining trash. Thank you.

This camp was cleaned up on 10/20/22.