GADSDEN COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) - Efforts to remove debris continues in Bainbridge.
The U.S.Army Corps of Engineers is gathering piles this week.
Officials ask residents to push vegetation debris piles to the road for easy access.
Once picked up, the piles are then mulched and composted.
The efforts aren't only in Bainbridge.
Debris removal companies in Gadsden County are also working to remove all of the trash caused by Hurricane Michael.
WTXL ABC 27's Jada Williams was live Friday morning with updates on where Gadsden County stands in the cleanup process.
If you go through Gadsden County, odds are you won't get far without seeing a truck hauling storm debris.
There are 359 certified trucks rolling throughout the county working to remove debris and each truck is hauling an average of five loads a day.
This has resulted in $23 million worth of debris removal and more than 88,000 hazardous trees cut down.
That's only a fraction of the overall cost of debris removal.
A bill that far exceeds the budget for Gadsden county, but will be reimbursed thanks to FEMA.
Gadsden County is currently in its second pass phase, meaning that they are now going throughout the county for a second time to pick up debris.
However, many residents are saying while the county says the trucks are on the second pass, they haven't gone down their road once.
That's because the county is in charge of debris removal on all city and county roads.
The state has its own contractors working the state roads. The private roads come last.
Dee Jackson is the Gadsden county administrator.
"We are jumping through hurdles everyday trying to get approval from the state to try to get onto those private roads and pick up debris," Jackson said. "It's a lot more than our citizens are able to handle on their own and at this point. It has become a health hazard as well. We got a letter from the health department to that fact, however we have gotten approval and our county can not afford to pick up on these roads without some kind of assistance."
The county expects to get clearance from the state to start targeting those private roads soon.
