{"id":406301,"date":"2026-08-14T08:43:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406301\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T08:43:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:43:26","slug":"union-pacific-cleans-up-overgrown-vegetation-along-southeast-houston-rail-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/406301\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Pacific cleans up overgrown vegetation along southeast Houston rail line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">After nearly three weeks, 2 Helps You first went to Southeast Houston to visit Mark Johnson and Rudy Garza; they are finally getting the help they need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">When we first met them, they showed us the Texas jungle invading their backyards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The residents said the weeds were growing out of control because, as they claimed, Union Pacific wasn\u2019t maintaining the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cThe weeds are growing into my chain link fence now, and I have to constantly trim them back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">It did not take long to see exactly how thick the vegetation had become, with weeds growing through the opening in the fence line and stretching deep into the area along the tracks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">2 Helps You questioned Union Pacific.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Within days, the rail giant went to work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cIt looks wonderful, thanks to you,\u201d said resident Mark Johnson. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The cleanup was extensive, and land was cleared along the rail line, stretching well beyond the area immediately behind the residents\u2019 homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cI think it was three days after you came out that this was done, which is crazy. We\u2019ve been trying for months to get something done, and you get it done in three days. It\u2019s remarkable,\u201d said Johnson. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The work continued over the course of about a week, transforming an area that had been overgrown and neglected for quite some time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cWe are just so grateful for you coming out here and getting this done. It was unbelievable, unbelievable that you can get things done so quickly. So, I am really grateful for that,\u201d said Johnson. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">For the residents, the difference was immediate, and a problem they had been trying to solve for months was quickly addressed after contacting 2 Helps You. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Important to note, the residents did everything they were supposed to do. They reached out to the city. They contacted Union Pacific as well as others, but at every turn they did not get the answers they wanted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">In the end, they finally reached out to us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">We weren\u2019t their first call, but we ended up being their last.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">It\u2019s what 2 Helps You does. 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