How Hyattsville Is Handling Hurricane Irene Cleanup

According to the Pepco outage map, there are still many power outages around Hyattsville and if you look around the city, you’ll see more remnants of Hurricane Irene’s wrath.

. Downed power lines. Blown electrical transformers. Huge branches littering the streets and sidewalks.

Many Hyattsville residents have things under control and those who don’t know what to do with their debris can contact the city.

Here are some of the services offered:

• A wood chipper will circulate around Hyattsville all week. Place your materials at the curb by Wednesday morning. Branches and limbs can be put at the curb unbundled, but the city asks that you try to stack them. The chipper can chop up most small branches and tree limbs, which are less than four feet long.

• Did a tree take a tumble in your yard? Hyattsville’s contractors will be removing them and their downed limbs following Saturday night's storms. If you have a concern about a tree you can report it to the Hyattsville Department of Public Works at 301-985-5032.

• Residents can still report power outages on Pepco’s website. But according to the City of Hyattsville, Pepco crews are working on it now and expect to give repair time estimates today.

• Yard waste pick-up in Hyattsville will take place as scheduled today. Depending on how much debris is set out for collection, the city said it might collect again later on this week.

• If you use Hyattsville’s parking lots, you may see some of Hurricane Irene’s litter left around them. But they now are being swept for leaves and debris.

• Due to storm preparations and clean up, the city was unable to collect trash in the parks last weekend, but plans for swift collection are in the works.