Brush lies on the side of Igou Gap Road on Friday in Chattanooga.SECTION BY SECTIONContractors will remove brush over the next several weeks. The areas the contractors will go to are as follows:• 1st areas: Brainerd, Missionary Ridge and East Chattanooga• 2nd areas: North Chattanooga, North Hixson and Mountain Creek• 3rd areas: Big Ridge, Murray Hills and Highway 58• 4th areas: Bonnie Oaks and East Brainerd• 5th areas: Alton Park, St. Elmo and Lookout ValleySource: City of ChattanoogaDEBRIS REMOVAL GUIDELINES• Move all debris to the curb lines• Debris should be placed in piles by category: brush in one pile, construction and demolition debris in another• Do not place debris in plastic bags• Continue calling 311 for brush collection• Avoid placing debris in drainage ditches or around utility poles, fire hydrants, mail boxes or other structuresSource: City of Chattanooga
Workers have removed about a fifth of the debris that has piled up in Chattanooga since a series of storms tore up trees and houses this spring.
Officials divided the city into five sections for debris removal and have almost cleared the first one, an area that includes Brainerd, Missionary Ridge and East Chattanooga.
Next up crews will move into a section that includes North Chattanooga, North Hixson and Mountain Creek, said Justin Holland, sanitary supervisor for the city.
“It’s going to be several more weeks” until all the debris is removed, Holland said.