St. Johnsbury Press Release Aug 7th

August 7 2024 – 12:00 pm:



Waste Management Update: St Johnsbury Transfer Station at High Street is open for household trash, recycling, metals and hand loaded/unloaded construction debris. Additional waste resources will remain open through this week unless otherwise noted, to include:

• Household Waste: Town Officials are directing residents to use EZ Trash services located at 935 Portland Street for household trash and recycling. EZ Trash information can be found on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/p/E-Z-Trash-LLC-100037978404412/. EZ Trash plans to open a second location in the Elks Lodge parking lot at 118 Western Avenue. This location will be open from 7 am -3 pm August 2- August 10 (excluding Sunday, August 4).
• Hazardous Waste: Town officials have coordinated efforts with the state of Vermont to open a temporary hazardous materials drop-off location at 176 Western Avenue. Beginning August 2, 2024, at 8 am, residents can drop off hazardous waste on pallets outside the building. State officials will sort and pick up the materials on an as-needed basis.
• Metal Waste: A metal dumpster has been placed at 852 Portland Street for residents to access.
• Electronics: Beginning August 2, 2024, at 10 am, residents can drop off electronics on pallets outside 176 Western Avenue.
• Flood Debris: Flood debris is defined as any waste affected by flooding that is not hazardous waste or metal. Flood debris dump locations are 174 Cliff Street and 852 Portland Street. Please use the dumpster labeled ‘Flood Debris’.
• DO NOT pile debris or waste on the ground next to dumpsters moving forward. Our waste hauling contractors will continue to empty dumpsters through the week, so if a dumpster is full, please check back later.

Water Testing Kits: Water testing kits are available for residents at the St. Johnsbury Wastewater Treatment Plant for pick up at 799 Bay Street M-F between 7 am – 2:30 pm. Please call in advance to verify that kits are available. Lab fees are $25-$30. Tests can be mailed or dropped off at the Wastewater Treatment Plant for currier. Results are provided within 24 hrs. M-TH.

Roads Update: Please proceed with caution on other areas that have sustained damages. We ask that you limit travel to all of these areas to reduce further damage and maintain the road for residents and emergency vehicles. St. Johnsbury's Department of Public Works continues to work to repair roads. Road openings are expected throughout today. Please check the Town website under 'Announcements' at www.stjvt.com.  Many roads allow only one traffic lane to service traffic in both directions. Please use caution when driving through these areas of town.

Preparations for Hurricane Debby: Sand bags can be picked up at the Public Works Garage at 217 Almshouse road. If full bags are not available residents can fill bags themselves. The Fairbanks Museum Meteorology department has met with Town Officials to provide weather updates and will continue to update us at the storm develops. Storm information can be found at the following links:

National Hurricane Center Debby Page -https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?start#contents

NOAA Quantitative Precipitation Forecast - https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-7.shtml

Northeast River Forecast Center River Gauge Page - https://www.weather.gov/nerfc/

Reporting Damages: Town officials urge businesses and residents to visit Vermont211 (www.vermont211.org ) for information about resources and to report residential and business damages.

For Volunteer Information for clean up efforts, including how you can volunteer, or if you need volunteer assistance, please contact Northeast Kingdom Organizing at https://nekorganizing.org/ or by calling 802-321-3317.

Please get in touch with the Town of St. Johnsbury to report non-emergency road damages by calling (802) 535-9954.