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Burke County signs state MOA to speed private property and waterway debris removal after Storm Lien
Summary
The Board authorized the county chairman to execute a memorandum of agreement with North Carolina Emergency Management to enable state-managed private-property, commercial and waterway debris removal tied to Tropical Storm Lien recovery.
Burke County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to enter a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the North Carolina Department of Emergency Management to speed debris removal from private property, commercial sites and waterways as part of the county’s recovery from Tropical Storm Lien.
County manager staff briefed the board on the long-running recovery effort: the county has been operating alternate debris sites, contracted right-of-way removal and monitoring, and has collected approximately 328,000 cubic yards of storm debris. The county manager asked the board to authorize a state partnership to avoid…
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