Helene’s cleanup cost $4.8M so far

County estimates cost could reach as much as $8M.

  • A Lake City Public Works truck gets set to dump debris onto an existing pile at the Public Works lot on NE Gum Swamp Road Friday afternoon. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City reporter)
    A Lake City Public Works truck gets set to dump debris onto an existing pile at the Public Works lot on NE Gum Swamp Road Friday afternoon. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City reporter)
    Hurricane Helene’s debris cleanup cost in Columbia County topped $4.8 million this week and continues to climb, according to county officials. County crews and contractors had removed m...

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