City of Joplin to begin free tree limb and foliage pickup next weekj

(From the City of Joplin)

The City’s free foliage and tree limb pickup service, provided to citizens to assist in cleanup following the storms that occurred June 13, will begin on Monday, July 6.

The City has contracted with CTC Disaster Response to facilitate a portion of the cleanup efforts where Joplin and Duquesne were hit hardest. The National Weather Service determined that 90-95 mph straight-line winds moved through the Joplin area that evening.

CTC Disaster Response teams as well as City of Joplin Public Works crews will begin working their way through the city at 6:30 a.m. on Monday. These crews will cover the entire city limits of Joplin and Duquesne. Residents needing limb and vegetation pickup must have those items at their curbside by that time.

City officials estimate this cleanup effort will take approximately six weeks, possibly longer in some areas.

Please remember the following when preparing for the cleanup this weekend:

Limbs and vegetation must be at the curbside of city streets. Do not block alleyways with limbs or trees.

Crews will not enter alleyways or yards – they will only travel down city streets.

The limb pickup vehicles can remove tree debris as large as 20 feet long. Residents are encouraged to cut large trees into manageable pieces if needed. 

Crews will move down streets only once. Please be ready for the pickup ahead of time. Crews will not travel back down streets a second time.

Crews will not take limbs and vegetation if those piles appear to have other debris mixed in. Be sure your piles do not have fencing, construction debris, trash, or other home or yard items included. This is a requirement to protect the wood-chipper machines that will be used for the mulching of the limbs and vegetation.

Residents can still burn limbs and vegetation with a permit. Call 417-623-0403 BEFORE burning.
Please avoid parking vehicles in front of debris piles so crews and equipment can access them.

Crews will follow the City’s leaf pickup service map for this effort. The map can be viewed at https://www.joplinmo.org/storm-clean-up. The map will be updated daily so residents can see which zones have been completed.

By zooming in on the map, residents can view zones. The cleanup will occur in the following order: S1, S2, S3, S4, P5, P4, P3, P2, P1.

For more information, contact Public Works at 417-624-0820 ext. 1564 or 1566.