Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, July 16, 1993                   TAG: 9307160262
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: JOEL TURNER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

BRUSH, BILLS STILL PILE UP

Amid the current heat wave, the storm seems so long ago.

But work crews are still cleaning up the debris caused by the 70 mph winds. And Roanoke is still adding up the costs.

The storm already has cost the city $250,000 in regular and overtime hours, fuel, vehicle maintenance and other items. And the city has collected nearly 1,400 dump truck loads of brush.

The city will end its special brush collection July 23. But it will continue to provide special pickups by request and will collect small stacks of brush set out with regular garbage.

Roanoke is still receiving as many as 100 calls a day about brush collection.

"The message we need citizens to hear is that from now until July 23, we will be doing final sweeps of the few remaining neighborhoods and not responding to specific addresses or complaints," said William Clark, public works director. There is no need for residents to call in the meantime.

After that date, residents should set out with their trash small stacks of brush - no larger than 4 feet deep and 4 feet wide with limbs no greater than 4 inches in diameter.

For larger amounts of brush, residents can call 981-2225 after July 23 to arrange a special pickup.

City crews also have plenty of other things to keep them busy: overdue mowing chores and a backlog of tree work in city parks and other public property.