Corpus Christi - No Citywide Storm-Related Brush Collections
Based on the forecast, the city is not expected to experience intense wind speeds that typically destroy or strip vegetation.
Press Release
CORPUS CHRISTI – The City of Corpus Christi Emergency Operations Center (EOC) continues to actively monitor Tropical Storm Beta. Based on the forecast, the city is not expected to experience intense wind speeds that typically destroy or strip vegetation. Therefore, Solid Waste Services does not anticipate a citywide special storm-related brush collection.
Targeted pickup may be provided pending assessment by the city.
Beginning Monday, September 21, Solid Waste crews will resume regularly scheduled brush collections beginning with area 1A (Flour Bluff and Padre Island). Regularly scheduled brush collections in area 9 (Annaville) and 10 (Calallen), are ongoing and will continue until complete.
Corpus Christi Free Sandbag Distribution Drive-Through
Residents wanting to safeguard their homes and businesses from possible flooding associated with Tropical Storm Beta, can pick up free sandbags at two different locations on Saturday, September 19.
Press Release
CORPUS CHRISTI – The City of Corpus Christi Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the National Weather Service (NWS) is actively monitoring Tropical Storm Beta which has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. It is forecast to become a hurricane this weekend, bringing with it a threat for flooding in the western Gulf Coast.
Residents wanting to safeguard their homes and businesses from possible flooding associated with Tropical Storm Beta, can pick up free sandbags at two different locations on Saturday, September 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. or until sandbags run out.
Distribution sites include Bill Witt Park, 6869 Yorktown Boulevard and the J.C. Elliott Transfer Station and Collection Center, Highway 286 and Ayers Street. Citizens will receive a maximum of ten (10) sandbags per vehicle. Drivers are asked to clear an area in the trunk of their vehicles for the sandbags. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, drivers and passengers should please wear face masks and remain inside their cars while they are being loaded.
For more information please contact the City’s Call Center at 361-826-CITY (2489).