Portage releases tornado debris pickup schedule
PORTAGE, Mich. (WOOD) — Portage has released the schedule and order of how it will be collecting debris following the May 7 EF2 tornado that hit the city.
To help with the cleanup, the city announced last week that it had hired College H.U.N.K.S. to remove debris from city streets. The collection will begin on Wednesday.
In the map below, all highlighted streets in the red zone will be collected on May 29, 30 and 31, with a second collection on June 10 through 14. The blue zone will be collected June 3 through 7.
“This curbside collection effort focuses solely on removing storm debris, not on debris resulting from dismantling or removing deconstructed buildings,” the city said in a release.
Property owners who have structures with significant damage or are beyond repair are asked to contact their insurance company.
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People are asked to split up their debris based on federal guidelines:
Residents can take hazardous waste to the Kalamazoo County Household Waste Center on Lamont Avenue in Kalamazoo.
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