(La Porte, IN) - A La Porte man has been given a deadline to remove what appears to be dozens of mostly junk vehicles.

 

The vehicles are beside the Norfolk Southern tracks near Brighton St. on the land owned by the railroad, which had three of the vehicles towed Wednesday, said La Porte Code Enforcement Director Jeff Batchelor.

 

Batchelor said there were still over 40 vehicles illegally on the property and the owner of the automobiles was given until Monday to move the rest.

 

“Hopefully, they cooperate and can do it or we’re going to be busy on Monday,” he said.

 

Batchelor said the man placed a similar number of vehicles at the same spot a few years ago and complied with requests to remove them.  He said the man is running a towing service but leaving the vehicles beside the tracks.

 

Many of the vehicles have been in accidents.

 

Mayor Tom Dermody spoke highly of the railroad for working with the city on the issue.

 

“We’re cleaning it up.  It’s a great partnership,” he said.