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Hurricane Hanna Special Collection Update
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – The city’s Solid Waste Department is nearly complete with its special collection of Brush & Debris from Hurricane Hanna. Solid Waste crews are currently working in area 1B (Flour Bluff). More than 100,000 cubic yards, nearly half of the city’s normal annual volume, of Hurricane Hanna Brush & Debris have been collected thus far.
Beginning Monday, September 21, Solid Waste crews will resume regularly scheduled Brush collections beginning with area 1A (Flour Bluff and Padre Island). Regularly scheduled Brush collections in areas 9 (Annaville) and 10 (Calallen), are ongoing and will continue.
For the latest information on all regularly scheduled collections please visit the Solid Waste Department website at www.cctexas.com/sws.
For more information, media representatives may contact Solid Waste Services at 361-826-1966.