Debris from Tropical Storm Colin remains in Jacksonville neighborhood

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Branches and debris left behind from Tropical Storm Colin have not been picked up in a Jacksonville neighborhood.

An EF-1 tornado and straight-line winds ripped through Jacksonville’s Westside during Tropical Storm Colin two weeks ago. Kelly Love and his neighbors were told that someone would be sent out to remove the debris.

Love said he did his part to spruce up his property, and even took off three days of work for storm cleanup.

City officials told him that they’d have a boom truck out within two weeks, but he still hasn’t seen one.

“I busted my rear-end to get all this stuff out here – me and my sons,” Love said. “It’s still out here. I called the city. I keep getting the runaround. They say Advanced Disposal. Advanced Disposal says the city.”

Action News Jax reporter Erica Bennett looked online to try and find the city’s debris policy.

All she found was the following language after a storm in 2014:

“Property owners trimming and cleaning without professional assistance may leave the yard waste curbside provided the waste meets the existing guidelines: branches are not to exceed 5 feet in length or 6inches in diameter, and individual limbs or logs must be no more than 40 pounds in weight.””

“I’m not really mad at nobody. I just want to get back to normal,” Love said.

Bennett reached out to the city directly and was told that officials would look into the inquiry about Love’s home. At about noon, a private tree company showed up to gather what it could and the city also showed up shortly after.

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