Is it only you that’s affected, or do you neighbours feel the same way – if the latter, then what you want to do is get together and start making yourselves a pain in the ass to anyone who has the power to effect change. Don’t waste your time debating with people who aren’t decision makers. Generally speaking, decision makers in councils, corporations etc, don’t like situations like this dragging on, and will send an order to the relevant people to get it sorted.
Over the years, I’ve found the trick is to present the problem, and whatever viable solutions you can come up with – start off being reasonable, and don’t play dirty (papers etc) until you’ve exhausted the rational route.
Of course, if that fails, then you may have to do a little “wet work” 🙂