UPDATE: Brush Pickup to Start Wednesday

UPDATED: 9:51 A.M. TUESDAY, JULY 12

Palatine will being a village wide special brush pick up for storm related tree libs and brush Wednesday.

Residents should have storm related trees, limbs and brush moved to the parkway (between the street and sidewalk) by 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 13.

A press release from the village asks that the stem of limbs face the roadway, to expedite the removal process.

Palatine Public Works crews are making one sweep through the village–once crews have been through a neighborhood they will not return, the press release states.

For more information visit www.palatine.il.us or call the Palatine village action line at 847-705-5200.

Any brush not picked up during the special storm sweep can be picked up on the regularly scheduled residential refuse collection day. Normal curbside requirements are: Branches and limbs not exceeding four inches in diameter must be bundled in lengths not exceeding four feet. Bundles must not weight more than 60 pounds. Bundles should be secure with biodegradable cotton twine or rope.

MONDAY, JULY 11, 1:31 P.M.

The Palatine Public Works Department plans to conduct a sweep of the entire village picking up debris from Monday’s storm.

Matt Barry, public works director, said the sweep could begin as soon as Wednesday.

“If you bring the debris out now, you don’t have to worry about the size or bundling,” Barry said.

Public works crews already were working Monday to clear streets, do general cleanup and to remove hazardous branches hanging from trees.

“This was the worst wind storm of the year so far,” Barry said.

After the sweep this week, debris will have to conform to normal refuse requirements: No more than 45 pounds, no longer that four to five feet, and bound with biodegradable twine. During the sweep this week those standards do not apply – meaning residents with larger branches and debris should get the material into the parkway by Wednesday.

Barry said there were power outages scattered throughout Palatine because of the storm. He encouraged residents without power to report problems to ComEd by dialing 1-800-EDISON-1. ComEd has reported that more than 298,000 people are without power in the northern suburbs.

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