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 more than 63,500 …