North Augusta city leaders host meeting about debris pickup plan

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WJBF) – In North Augusta Tuesday, city leaders held a community engagement meeting to discuss plans for debris pickup in North Augusta after Hurricane Helene.

Mayor Briton Williams and City Administrator Jim Clifford hosted the meeting and presented the plan for the City of North Augusta. According to Mayor Williams, North Augusta was the hardest hit city by Helene in the state of South Carolina.

When asked about some of the details of the plan, Mayor Williams said, "North Augusta's unique we have three different ownership of roads. 70-75% of roads are owned by SCDOT. So, we can stress to them what to do, where to go, these are the areas we're concerned about. Because we don't own them we can't mandate that they go there."

Administrator Clifford presented a map that gives a street by street jurisdiction for residents to know if their street is eligible for debris pick up.

Standards for debris pickup are as follows:

Only vegetative debris will be picked up

No trash bags or paper yard bags

Debris should be visible and not in a container

No construction debris

No wood other than vegetative

Mayor Williams says the plan is for the First Pass of City-Controlled roads to be completed by January 25, 2025.

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