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Army Corps reports major progress on Helene debris removal; adds thousands of private‑property sites in Buncombe County
Summary
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said crews have removed an estimated 7 million cubic yards of debris statewide, are ~76% complete on site counts and have added about 4,000 private‑property debris removal (PPDR) sites in Buncombe County as operations continue.
Bobby Petty of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told the briefing the corps is operating in 10 counties with three major missions — waterway debris removal, private property debris removal (PPDR) and wastewater support — and reported substantial progress across the region.
Petty said statewide crews have removed roughly 7,000,000 cubic yards of debris — the corps’ analogy: “a million cubic yards is equal to about 1,000 miles of 10‑yard dump trucks” — and that waterway removal accounts…
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