- November 7, 2024
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Palm Coast City Manager Jim Landon speaks at a City Council workshop. (File photo by Jonathan Simmons)
After about two weeks of removing debris left by Hurricane Matthew, the city of Palm Coast is halfway through its first sweep of the city, using city crews and contractors, City Manager Jim Landon told the Palm Coast City Council at an Oct. 25 council workshop.
“Every piece of equipment that can be used — every dump truck, everything that can be used — is out on the street,” Landon said. There will be at least two passes as residents continue piling debris at the curb.
“This weekend, I drove through some neighborhoods that we completed the previous week, and it’s kind of hard to tell we’ve actually been there — and we know that,” Landon said.
In terms of city facilities, Landon said, “For the most part we are back to normal operations. ... A lot of places, you can’t tell there’s been a storm."
The one exception is the Palm Harbor Golf Course, where the back nine remained closed as of the Oct. 25 workshop.
City officials expected it to reopen the morning of Thursday, Oct. 27
The city is also working on an agreement that would allow the city’s regular trash collection contractor, Waste Pro, to collect debris on some private streets in gated communities that have asked for assistance, waiving its usual size restrictions and collecting whatever is placed at the curb, Landon said.
