The city of Plano is almost done picking up debris from destructive spring storms. This weekend volunteers will lend a a helping hand to speed up the process.
Cleanup efforts are nearing the end of eight weeks since powerful storms tore through the city of Plano.
Volunteers with the Rotary Club of Plano will be lending a helping hand this weekend.
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WATCH HEREBoard members met Thursday afternoon to discuss Saturday morning’s storm debris cleanup efforts near downtown.
“The city’s had a hard time getting it all cleaned up and it’s just such a large amount of debris and that’s what we are,” said club president John Priest. “We are a service club. We’re always trying to do special projects.”
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Members will help cut down branches and pick up debris on Saturday morning.
The ‘unprecedented’ storms in late May and early June left over 1,000 downed trees and debris across the entire city.
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The head of the city’s environmental waste services department tells NBC 5 they have collected approximately 100,000 cubic yards of debris in eight weeks, the equivalent of what the city collects in an entire year.
A second and final sweep across the city is currently underway.
Steve Funk with the city said they are two to three weeks away from completing cleanup efforts and resuming normal weekly operations.
The city is reminding residents to leave any remaining storm debris at your collection point.
Funk estimates that 80% of Plano residential collection points are in alleyways.
Debris should not be placed in bags.
Today is also the last day the city’s contractor will be picking up storm debris left on curbs in residential front yards.
