BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - City leaders are hoping Baton Rouge’s tire troubles will soon roll away. A new ordinance will punish shops for tires found dumped illegally.

A pile of tires is an eyesore for Linda Scott.

“They drop them off. They don’t really care. It’s not their neighborhood and I tell them. It’s not y’all neighborhood. It’s our neighborhood. We have to live here,” said Scott.

It’s happening in other neighborhoods, too. Pictures show a wall of tires ditched illegally. Another pile was left just feet away from a no dumping sign.

The staff at Tiger Tire Shop stay busy dealing with tire troubles, but they know the rubber doesn’t always meet the road.

“They used to have a lot of customers just throw a lot of tires in that field right there,” said Mohammed Caid.

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