MAYOR TO VISIT PUBLIC WORKS FLEET MONDAY AT 6 A.M.
LP Field Lot “B” is staging site for contracted debris collection trucks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 9, 2010
12:00 p.m.
EOC Media Desk
(615) 862-8540
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Mayor Karl Dean will join Public Works officials at LP Field tomorrow at 6 a.m. CDT when a fleet of at least 40 privately-contracted trucks will be dispatched to begin countywide disaster debris collections.
The trucks will be working with approximately 20 Public Works vehicles for a total of 60 trucks to pick up flood debris at thousands of homes in Metro Nashville. Emergency contracts were finalized late Saturday allowing Public Works to proceed with hiring two Mobile, Ala. companies -- Storm Reconstruction Services, Inc., and The DRC Group -- that specialize in disaster recovery operations.
- WHO: Mayor Dean, Director Billy Lynch and other Public Works officials
- WHAT: Review of Metro’s contract debris collection trucks
- WHEN: 6 a.m. CDT, Monday, May 10, 2010
- WHERE: Parking Lot B, LP Field, Interstate Drive and Shelby Avenue