DECATUR COUNTY, Ga. (WTXL) - Georgia communities affected by Hurricane Michael waited patiently for their storm debris to be picked up, with the first pass of debris removal beginning in early November, and the second one starting earlier this week.
Residents were asked to push their vegetation debris piles to the road for easy access. Once picked up, the debris is dropped off at a specified location.
The piles are then mulched and sent to a different area for compost.
And though heavy rain has been a weekly occurrence, in Decatur County, the debris removal has been able to continue running smooth.
"Mainly, we were able to work through a lot of it. The only parts it really affected were these sites here. They did get really wet through the process, so it was hard getting one of these trucks in and out," said Blake Tillery, Resident Engineer at US Army Corps of Engineers. "A lot of the site managers were good at preparing these sites so we could keep moving debris."
In Decatur County, over 750,000 cubic yards of debris have been picked up so far. It's unclear at this time how long the second pass will last, and if there will be a third one.