Vegetative debris that was picked up from homes and businesses in Holmes Beach after a hit two hurricanes — Helene on Sept. 26 with substantial flooding and Milton on Oct. 9 with devastating winds — was piled and ground down at the city field adjacent to city hall on Flotilla Drive and is now scheduled to be hauled off the island with completion by Jan. 11.
Sage Kamiya, superintendent of public works/city engineer, also reported Jan. 3 that the city discovered the southbound trolley shelter on East Bay Drive at Publix Super Market was unsafe due to damage to support structures and had to be removed.
Reimbursement is being requested to replace the shelter.
Kamiaya said there is still longer-term work to be done on roadways and sidewalks and beach access improvements and more are yet to come, however, the city is making “good progress.”