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Crews with Southern Disaster Recovery (SDR) are working alongside Ceres Environmental Operations
July 9, 2021
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A second company is now helping Macon-Bibb County catch up on collecting yard and bulk waste. Starting Thursday, crews with Southern Disaster Recovery (SDR) began working alongside Ceres Environmental Operations to collect yard and bulk waste on the curb in front of homes.
According to Macon-Bibb, both contracts are set to last up to eight weeks to help collections catch up and get back on schedule.
“What we needed was more people and more resources, so we found a way to make that happen,” said Mayor Lester Miller. “We can’t have collections remain this far behind, and by bringing these companies on board, our Solid Waste crews can focus on missed recycling and other issues that arise.”
The Macon-Bibb County Commission will vote on the ordinance Tuesday.
June 4, 2021
The executive director of Bike Walk Macon, Rachel Umana, presented the policy to commissioners last week. A Complete Streets policy would direct transportation planners and engineers to design street plans with all users in mind that means not just car drivers, but pedestrians, bicyclists, children, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
“We’ll look at our streets and not only say that we’re committed to it but actually design streets to look at where these crashes are happening, where are these fatalities happening,” Umana said. “Let’s make sure when there’s new road projects that are happening on them, that we’re building streets so that this won’t keep happening.”