Debris Can Be Dropped Off For Free

Spokane city and county officials are opening free tree debris drop-off spots, and will be accepting the material at the trash incinerator and waste transfer stations.

City and county residents may take debris to the transfer stations in Colbert and on Sullivan Road in the Spokane Valley and the garbage incinerator on Geiger Boulevard.

Transfer stations will take wood up to six feet in length through Dec. 1. Hours are 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. seven days a week, except for Thanksgiving Day, when stations will be closed.

In the city, three additional drop-off points are being opened for city residents only. Wood lengths are limited to three feet.

They include High Bridge Park at the bottom of West Riverside Avenue, Manito Park picnic area at 18th and Grand, and the south parking lot of Joe Albi Stadium.

City drop-offs are open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.

Call 625-7878 for more information about the city program.

For more information about the county program, call 456-7403 or 747-0242.

To report downed limbs on county roads, call 456-3600. If that number is busy, call 324-3196 to leave a message. To report downed limbs on city streets, call 625-7733.

County officials said residents may use downed trees in streets for firewood. City officials asked that all street trees be taken for recycling. City crews are working to clean limbs and trees in the streets.

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