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Vol. 36, No. 5
August 20, 2020
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Woe to the Cleanup Crew
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A mountainous pile of plant and tree debris at one of Brookhaven’s highway yards where the material is being cut up and mulched. Photo from Town of Brookhaven
BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM
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make sure all the debris is cleaned up. This, combined with the excess amount of debris kicked up by Isaias, is why it has taken long for some streets to see pickup. Otherwise roads that are being milled or paved have been given priority. Officials asked that residents keep the debris in front of their house in the time being until the pickup process has concluded. In a town board meeting Aug. 13, Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) thanked the town highway workers who he said have been working 12 to 14-hour shifts working on the cleanup effort. The town saw over 1,600 trees come down, and more than 400 were involved with power lines.
KYLE BARR
Officials from the Town of Brookhaven Highway Department said they were still in the process of picking up all debris from Tropical Storm Isaias that residents put out to the curb Sunday, Aug. 9. It may be another two weeks for the town to fully pick up every tree limb and leaf. The town originally asked residents to bring organic debris strewn about by Tropical Storm Isaias to the curb by Aug. 9 for pick up the following day. In a statement, town Highways Superintendent Dan Losquadro said the amount of debris has meant it has taken time
to get to every single street in the thousands of miles of town roads. All debris is being taken to 18 highway department yards and temporary staging areas across the town. “We appreciate residents getting their debris to the curb in a timely fashion,” Losquadro said in a statement. “I anticipate it will take at least another two weeks before we are able to get to all 3,700 lane miles of road in Brookhaven town. If we have not made our way to your neighborhood yet, please leave all brush and debris at the curb for this one-time bulk collection.” A spokesperson for the highway department said the town is broken up into four quadrants, and the head of each quadrant is effectively going through it street by street to
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