Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 23, 1994 TAG: 9402230297
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
A site at Loving Field just outside the town of Pulaski and the Lions Club recreation area in Dublin will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The landfill on Ingles Mountain will accept brush during the week at no charge to residential trash customers from Pulaski County.
Representatives of the county, towns and Public Service Authority discussed their cleanup progress at a meeting Tuesday.
The conclusion was that, although tons of debris had been picked up or brought to central sites during the past week, it is hard to see that any progress has been made.
In fact, until the brush collected so far dries enough to be burned, space is likely to run out next weekend at the Pulaski and Dublin sites if there is the same surge of people taking advantage of them. New sites for gathering debris may have to be found.
Pulaski County Emergency Services Coordinator Stan Crigger said he received a telephone call from Gov. George Allen asking how the state might help. Crigger replied that the jurisdictions were trying to get together on what is needed before asking for anything.
At this point, it appears that more workers might be needed. The ones who have been involved in the cleanup so far in Pulaski County have been working solidly for two weeks.
Crigger said a damage assessment team from the Virginia Department of Transportation and Department of Forestry had looked at the section of Dora Highway that has been closed because of the danger of a slide from the cliff beside it.
They recommended some geologists to help decide how to tackle the problem, Crigger said. ``I think that's going to be a pretty tough one before it's over.''
Places like Oakwood Cemetery may take months to clean up, because of narrow access for equipment and the fact that debris cannot be placed in the nearby streets without blocking traffic. Pulaski Town Manager Tom Combiths said none of the falling trees and branches damaged any grave markers.
The representatives of the various local governments said volunteers, who helped last weekend at the Lions site, had been valuable and they were hoping for more this weekend.
by CNB