Residents in Houston’s Heights neighborhood say a dangerous intersection has caused crash after crash — and despite repeated attempts to get the city to act, they’re still waiting for a fix.
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At the intersection of West 27th Street and Lawrence Street, neighbors say drivers are regularly confused by a two-way stop — and the consequences have been serious.
“Every day I hear horns blaring, because someone is not understanding it’s a two-way stop,” said Jeff Sanger, who has lived near the intersection for about two years. Sanger says the danger is impossible to ignore.
“This is the car that was T-boned and ended up in the ditch,” he said, pulling up a photo on his phone. Residents say they’ve filed multiple 311 complaints and even submitted a petition asking for changes — but both cases were closed without a solution. In one response, Houston Public Works said a stop sign wouldn’t reduce speeding and referred the issue to the police department.
Another response cited nearby construction, saying the request won’t be revisited until after it’s complete — a timeline that could stretch into late 2027. District C Councilwoman Abbie Kamin says her team was looped into the requests and insists the problem extends beyond this one intersection. Kamin says similar two-way stops across the Heights area are causing confusion for drivers, and her office is now pushing Houston Public Works to take another look. Neighbors ask: what’s it going to take?
“What’s it going to take before they do something? ” Sanger said. KPRC 2 reached out to Houston Public Works for more clarity on whether the intersection is still under review but had not received a response. Kamin encourages anyone with a similar neighborhood concern to file a 311 report and loop in her office directly so she can help escalate the issue.
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