BATON ROUGE
– Amid Tuesday's closures of East Baton Rouge Parish schools and government offices as residents cleaned up flooded homes, it's likely no surprise that certain aspects of routine governmental services also faced challenges due to Monday night's storm.
According to local officials, one critical service that experienced collection issues on Monday and Tuesday was the agency that oversees the collection of solid waste throughout the parish, Republic Services.
In a Tuesday evening news release, officials with the EBR Mayor's office said Republic Services trucks were not able to complete services Monday evening due to safety concerns as severe weather began affecting the area.