As recovery and cleanup continues from the damage left behind from this month’s ice storm, the City of Austin reports “extensive” progress has been made. Nearly all rights-of-way have been cleared of downed trees and branches, and power has been restored across the community.
“I am so thankful for the hard work and dedication of thousands of city staff, volunteers and partner agencies who rallied to help in storm recovery efforts,” City Manager Spencer Cronk said. “This was a historic event with catastrophic impact on our community. Once again, the resilience and commitment of our residents, business owners, community organizations and City employees were on display as everyone did their part getting the City on its feet again.”
Clean-up and Recovery Numbers to Date
- Austin Resource Recovery collected more than 115,781 cubic yards of storm debris in 2,085 loads.
- 1,170 tons of storm debris has been dropped off at Austin Water’s Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant (as of February 11).
- 180 Austin Public Works employees cleared downed trees and other debris from rights-of-way.
- More than 1,400 meals were distributed to approximately 600 families via four Multi-Agency Resource Centers (MARCs).
More than 99.9% of Austin Energy customers have power. Outages currently on the outage map are not directly related to the storm.
