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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Fridley Wood Debris Stacking Up as Planned at Columbia Arena

Drop off and pick ups will resume Tuesday.

The City of Fridley program to pick up and accept dropoffs of wood debris from the May 22 tornado is going "reasonably well," according to Director of Public Works Jim Koslucher. After a two-day break, the program resumes Tuesday at 8 a.m. "Residents can move their tree waste to the curb prior to next Tuesday and boulevard pickup will be honored," Kosluchar said by email Friday. "After that, when we move through an area we will be done with that area." The program are designed to serve areas of the city that suffered storm damage, so pickups are restricted to those areas and residents dropping off wood debris should bring ID.  On Friday afternoon, a steady stream of resident, contractor and city vehicles arrived at the Columbia Arena lot …

Monday, May 23, 2011

Document: Fridley Tornado Cleanup Plan

City will take wood leftover from fallen trees.

The Fridley City Council approved this plan Monday night to assist with disposal of trees downed by Sunday's tornado. As in 2005 and other years when storms knocked down many trees in Fridley, the city government will grind wood from storm-damaged trees that residents and property owners bring to the Columbia Arena parking lot—or stacked by the street, if they have no way of transporting the wood. Still to be determined: the hours and dates of operation and exactly which properties are eligible. City staff said those details would be posted on the city's website Tuesday.

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