Mobile County Debris Clean Up
Sep 29th, 2004
An estimated 51,000 cubic yards of debris has been collected in Mobile County, said U. S. Corps of Engineers officials Wednesday. The current yardage collection is about half of the amount of debris collected during Hurricane George which slammed into the Gulf Coast in 1998.During an informational briefing Wednesday, Corps officials said they expect the clean-up in the county will likely take 60 days.
Currently there are 40 work crews in various zones of the county. The zones are as follows:
- Zone 1 Spring Hill area
- Zone 3 Central Mobile
- Zone 4 Western Mobile County (west of Highway 90 up to Three Notch Road and Theodore)
- Zone 5 Dauphin Island
- Zone 6 South Mobile County (45% complete in collection)
- Zone 7 East Mobile County - around Airport Blvd.
- Zone 8 North Mobile County
Note: A zone map of Mobile County is attached to this document)
Public entities participating with the Corps of Engineers in debris removal are the City of Mobile, Mobile County, Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Satsuma, Creola, Mount Vernon, Prichard and Citronelle.
Citizens are urged to:
Separate all hurricane related vegetative debris (trees, limbs and shrubbery) from white goods (appliances, furniture, air conditioners and construction debris);
Make sure the doors are taken off all discarded refrigerators or freezers for safety reasons.
Click here to download the Zone map of Mobile County (PDF 1.2 MB)