The city of Plano has alerted its residents that brush pick-up will go into July and that’s with trucks operating six days a week along the 72 square mile city.
PLANO, Texas — Three weeks after storms wreaked havoc in North Texas neighborhoods, the cleanup continues.
Many neighborhoods still have piles of brush up near sidewalks waiting for city crews to sweep through and pick them up. Plano, one of the hardest hit areas in North Texas, has picked up close to 25,000 cubic yards or 700 truckloads.
Cities like Little Elm, Dallas, Richardson, The Colony, and Garland also saw significant damage from storms.
“On [our] street going up you can see the debris,” said resident Heather Marshall. Every three homes have some form of debris piled up front.
The city of Plano tells WFAA it has received 1,812 requests for brush pick-up for the storms that hit between late May and early June.
In the meantime, the storms prompted a disaster declaration which prompted this new disaster recovery center in Plano staffed by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and SBA, the U.S. Small Business Administration.
“We are extremely busy right now. We have different states and counties that have been declared and we are doing the best we can,” said Javier Caltenco of SBA.
Caltenco says the federal agency is offering low-interest loans to families who wish to make repairs from the storms. Interest rates for homeowners are as low as 2.68% and as low as 4% for business owners.
The Plano location is just one of many disaster recovery centers that have opened up recently across Texas.
“Our program helps a lot for those who are uninsured or under-insured. We understand insurance doesn’t cover 100%,” Caltenco said.
The city of Plano has alerted its residents that brush pick-up will go into July and that is with trucks operating six days a week along the 72 square mile city.
Marshall says she’ll be patient and wait for the cedar to get picked up from the front and back of her home.
The city says crews picking up debris will start in east Plano and make their way west. It appears the crews are currently working through central Plano.