Kansas City officials and volunteers are facing a monumental task, after hundreds of tires were found illegally dumped. Now, the city must remove about 500 tires that were left in a heap on the Blue River Trail.

Wayne Ashurst, illegal dumping supervisor with the city of Kansas City, first heard about the case a few weeks ago when the investigator assigned to the case told him it’s something he may want to take a look at.

“It’s kind of strange because I’ve been in this position since 2011 and I have never been under that bridge,” Ashurst said.

The dump site, described by Ashurst as an area where people from all over town have been coming to dump waste where they believe they won’t be caught, is located just west of Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and Hardesty Avenue.

Ashurst estimates the

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