LANDSCAPING COMPANY ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS THIS. CREWS HAVE ALL SORTS OF EQUIPMENT OUT HERE ON GAYLENE DRIVE RAKES, LEAF BLOWERS, CHAIN SAWS AND IT’S ALL IN AN EFFORT TO CLEAN UP THE DEBRIS OUTSIDE HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN J TOWN. WAS DEBRIS IS EVERYWHERE. LEAF EVERYWHERE, TREES DOWN LIKE, YOU KNOW, BRANCHES BENCHING ON THE HOUSE AND EVERYWHERE. IT WAS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON. THIS HOUSE GOT HIT BY BOTH WAVES OF SUNDAY’S STORMS, THE SAME TREE DAMAGING THE HOME TWICE NOW. CLEANUP CREWS ARE WORKING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO REMOVE TREES, BRANCHES AND OTHER DEBRIS FROM ACROSS J TOWN OVER AT RIVER CITY BANK ON TAYLORSVILLE ROAD. CAUTION TAPE BLOCKS OFF A SCENE THAT’S STILL DANGEROUS. A BIG TREE RIPPED OUT OF THE GROUND, BRINGING POWER LINES DOWN WITH IT. CUTTING EDGE LANDSCAPING SAYS THEY CAN’T TOUCH ANYTHING UNTIL LG&E COMES OUT TO THE AREA, WITH DAMAGE REPORTED ALL OVER TOWN. BUSINESSES AND HOMES ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME PROBLEM POWER OUTAGES J-TERM WAS OUT OF POWER BECAUSE OF THIS BIG TREE HERE THAT FELL. SO SOME AREAS STILL DON’T HAVE NO ELECTRICITY RIGHT HERE IN J TOWN AND THE CLEANUP HERE IN J TOWN IS ONLY GETTING STARTED. CREWS TELL ME IT’S GOING TO BE AT LEAST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN GET ALL THIS MESS OUT OF HERE. REPO
Metro Public Works opens 8 sites for debris drop-off after storms
Updated: 9:22 PM EDT May 28, 2024
Need to get rid of storm debris after this past weekend's weather?Metro Public Works is opening eight different drop-off sites for storm debris.In the player above: Crews work to clean up storm damage in JeffersontownThe following sites will be taking storm debris: Shawnee Park, 4501 West Broadway Waste Reduction Center, 636 Meriwether Avenue Public Works Yard, 595 N. Hubbards Lane E.P. Tom Sawyer Park, (enter from Tom Sawyer Drive near the softball fields) Charlie Vettiner Park, (enter from Mary Dell Road) Fern Creek Park, 8703 Ferndale Road Near Fairdale Elementary, 10618 West Manslick Road Public Works Yard, 10500 Lower River Road (enter from Bethany Lane)Each site will be open from 2-7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. on Saturdays.Jefferson County residents can drop off debris at each site for free, all you have to do is show a driver's license and license plates will be documented.Officials said that each site will be monitored daily so they can determine which ones will stay open. If a site has low demand, Metro Public Works will post its closing on social media, through email, and on its website.Metro Public Works says that contractors and businesses should use the Waste Reduction Center for dropping off debris.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Need to get rid of storm debris after this past weekend's weather?
Metro Public Works is opening eight different drop-off sites for storm debris.
In the player above: Crews work to clean up storm damage in Jeffersontown
The following sites will be taking storm debris:
- Shawnee Park, 4501 West Broadway
- Waste Reduction Center, 636 Meriwether Avenue
- Public Works Yard, 595 N. Hubbards Lane
- E.P. Tom Sawyer Park, (enter from Tom Sawyer Drive near the softball fields)
- Charlie Vettiner Park, (enter from Mary Dell Road)
- Fern Creek Park, 8703 Ferndale Road
- Near Fairdale Elementary, 10618 West Manslick Road
- Public Works Yard, 10500 Lower River Road (enter from Bethany Lane)
Each site will be open from 2-7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. on Saturdays.
Jefferson County residents can drop off debris at each site for free, all you have to do is show a driver's license and license plates will be documented.
Officials said that each site will be monitored daily so they can determine which ones will stay open. If a site has low demand, Metro Public Works will post its closing on social media, through email, and on its website.
Metro Public Works says that contractors and businesses should use the Waste Reduction Center for dropping off debris.