Springfield gives final date for debris collection

City residents will receive a postcard in the mail in about a week to further remind them of the final date.

All vegetative debris must be moved to the public street by then for final collection by DRC Emergency Services, the city’s contractor.

DRC is beginning work on a second pass through the city. Residents in neighborhoods where DRC has come twice can still put remaining debris in the right of way for the final collection.

Tenants who live on property where debris has not been cleared should notify their landlords before the final pickup date. Residents who do not live on publicly maintained city streets must move their debris to the nearest public street.

If residents have not had debris collected but their neighbors have, the following should be considered:

• Vehicles should not be parked in front of debris piles;

• Debris piles should not be stacked so high that DRC’s equipment could come in contact with overhead utility lines; and

• Debris such as large tree trunks may remain until specialty equipment is brought in.

As of Monday, DRC had collected 928,205 cubic yards of debris. Shawnee Mission Tree Service, the debris-removal contractor for the Springfield-Greene County Park Department, had collected another 67,648 cubic yards of debris from parks.