More than 770,000 cubic yards of Dougherty County debris removed

ALBANY — Although the United States Army Corps of Engineers hasn’t yet set an end date for the second pass for vegetative debris, both FEMA and GEMA are reviewing cases in Dougherty and surrounding counties.

Through Sunday, more than 770,000 cubic yards of vegetative debris left by Hurricane Michael have been removed from Dougherty County. Overall, more than 3,795,000 cubic yards of debris have been removed from the 13 southwest Georgia counties that are part of the FEMA debris removal mission assignment to the Army Corps of Engineers.

Beginning today, Dougherty County residents should expect to see more debris trucks on the road as the contractor intensifies efforts to remove debris from the region.

Non-eligible debris includes Christmas trees, clippings from pruned or shredded shrubs or bushes, as well as other non-Hurricane Michael debris.

Residents can find more information as it’s updated on Dougherty County’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/Dougherty.ga.us, Twitter page at Twitter.com/1doughertycoga, as well as the county’s EMA page at Facebook.com/DoCoEMA.

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