Cleaning up the county: Roadside debris pickup underway

A contractor uses a mechanical lift to remove debris from the buckets of his truck on Tuesday afternoon at Columbia County Public Works. There are five double trucks that are going around the county collecting the organic debris that’s on county right-of-way. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
A contractor uses a mechanical lift to remove debris from the buckets of his truck on Tuesday afternoon at Columbia County Public Works. There are five double trucks that are going around the county collecting the organic debris that’s on county right-of-way. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

As Columbia County continues to recover from the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene, there is a concerted effort to remove all the organic waste — limbs, branches, trees and other debris from coun…