BATON ROUGE — An illegal dumping site that was the subject of a 2 On Your Side report has been cleaned up. 

Residents in Old South Baton Rouge say illegal dumping has been a stubborn problem in their neighborhood. 

Isaac Patterson called about furniture dumped at an empty lot on Georgia Street, and construction debris spilling into the public right-of-way and blocking the sidewalk.

"Just out of respect for your neighborhood, you shouldn't want this kind of stuff to occur and be ok with it," Patterson said 

Maintenance crews picked up the debris. A few blocks away, the parish also cleared piles on Harrison Street and Lorri Burgess Avenue.

When 2 On Your Side met Patterson, there was a strong smell of natural gas in the area. Delta Utilities was on site making repairs.