[JanRoberts]

Praise God it's not your home piled up out there while you wait and be as generous as you can to people who lost everything and loved ones from here to NC. 🙏🏼

[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Bness

Station 50 will be east of Middleton signs are up but no construction.

Nope, that's station #49 that you are seeing the signs for east of Eastport, it is in Sumter Conty. #50 will be located in Lake County.

[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by Jhrath7@gmail.com

That was probably me. The Villages has been way too slow in removing debris from the storms. It is dangerous. On 466A there is a whole tree laying there. If they want the money from all these homes, they need to take care of the areas common to everyone

Maintenance of CR466A is the responsibility of Sumter County. Sumter County is not involved in the sale of home. A tree down in the median or on the side of the road that has been cleared sufficient as to not impede traffic on CR466A is a very low priority as compared to what has happened and is being done in the southern portion of the County.

Of course you also confuse the District Government of The Villages, with the Developer called The Villages. They are not the same. Also, the District has no involvement the sale of the homes in this community.

The Developer has little involvement with the maintenance and upkeep of properties that area not Commercial properties or Championship Golf Courses or residential properties they own because they are either incomplete or are inventory that has not sold.

Both the District Government and Sumter County offer free orientation courses on how both government entities work. I highly recommend you take both courses as it appears by you comments that you have some major gaps in your knowledge of the community and the county.

[capecoralbill]

Originally Posted by pauld315

A long time. In 2017 after Irma many of your fellow Villagers piled all their debris up at the mail stations instead of being patient and it cause quite a mess. Just be patient.

I was here for that, I remember them telling us to be patient. After about two months people stopped being patient and that's when they started taking their debris to the postal station parking lots.
If I recall it took them three months to clean up the storm debris from my right of way,. My lawn was ruined by this delay and miscommunications. I suspect the same incompetence for this storm too.

[Wondering]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

I think we had debris piles for a few weeks after Irma.

I don't remember piles like these laying around this long after Irma.. If you cut palm branches and fit them in the large paper bags, garbage trucks take them. If branches sit for too long a period of time, the leaves dry out and then there is a bigger mess.

[maistocars]

Well, on the bright side, the only good thing about the storm is it knocked off much of the dead palm leaves from the tress that the Villages refuses to trim.

[DebMil]

I only read on FB that FEMA is picking it up. That would be a while. But, I would verify with the CDD

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by DebMil

I only read on FB that FEMA is picking it up. That would be a while. But, I would verify with the CDD

Ah yes, FB the source for factual information.🤓

[mtdjed]

Originally Posted by Wondering

I don't remember piles like these laying around this long after Irma.. If you cut palm branches and fit them in the large paper bags, garbage trucks take them. If branches sit for too long a period of time, the leaves dry out and then there is a bigger mess.

We are talking about more than brown paper bags when you have a hurricane blast through the area. I don't pretend to understand the whole concept, but if we open our eyes, you can obviously see massive amounts litter that is well beyond the scope of our contracted trash and garbage service. We should recognize that companies like Jacobs have a defined scope that they perform. You cannot expect them to get rid of all this trash.

So, the job needs to be performed and paid for by other entities. There has to be money to pay for this service and we look to towns, county, state and Federal have to manage the program. You are not going to see FEMA, Florida State trucks etc doing the work. It needs to be contracted out to private contractors. In addition, there needs to be a drop off and disposal areas.

None of the above happens overnight.

[Normal]

Wow, roofs are gone here in the villages, fences are blown over and there is worry about natural debris? Priorities.

[Wiserbud47]

Originally Posted by Blueblaze

The rumor going around was that we were waiting for FEMA. But I guess we're forbidden to ask that question.

Hopefully the new rumor that it's going to be picked up tomorrow will turn out to be true. I like that one a lot better -- unless we see "FEMA" on the side of the trucks!

It won't say FEMA on the truck, but the The Villages has decided to depend on government money to pickup the storm debris. They are using an outside contractor for the pickup.
The debris on the streets could have been picked up by Jacobs on a special Saturday pickup. There really is not that much on the residential streets.
The debris along the main highways outside of the residential streets should have been picked up by the landscaping companies that work for The Villages. They are the ones the made the piles.
It would have all been done by now.
I wonder how many residents are in favor of The Villages using FEMA funds for this purpose? I'm not.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Wiserbud47

It won't say FEMA on the truck, but the The Villages has decided to depend on government money to pickup the storm debris. They are using an outside contractor for the pickup.
The debris on the streets could have been picked up by Jacobs on a special Saturday pickup. There really is not that much on the residential streets.
The debris along the main highways outside of the residential streets should have been picked up by the landscaping companies that work for The Villages. They are the ones the made the piles.
It would have all been done by now.
I wonder how many residents are in favor of The Villages using FEMA funds for this purpose? I'm not.

Count me as one of the residents who is supportive of the way this cleanup is being handled.

The scope of the effort is much greater than the few piles you have counted while driving to the squares. Plus, the cleanup of our area is less of a priority than the larger cleanup outside our bubble and the ongoing situation in the south of the county.

Govt. can be inefficient and slow but in this case I am willing to cut them some slack and accept that my problems, our piles of rubbish, are not the most pressing issues.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Wiserbud47

It won't say FEMA on the truck, but the The Villages has decided to depend on government money to pickup the storm debris. They are using an outside contractor for the pickup.
The debris on the streets could have been picked up by Jacobs on a special Saturday pickup. There really is not that much on the residential streets.
The debris along the main highways outside of the residential streets should have been picked up by the landscaping companies that work for The Villages. They are the ones the made the piles.
It would have all been done by now.
I wonder how many residents are in favor of The Villages using FEMA funds for this purpose? I'm not.

I’m ok with the way it is being go handled.
Saw the the truck /claw picking up on Morse near LSL yesterday afternoon.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by DebMil

I only read on FB that FEMA is picking it up. That would be a while. But, I would verify with the CDD

I thought so too, but I too don't know for sure. If Fema picks them up, it takes a while, and it will save us the money we already paid to taxes, so why not?

Patience, grasshoppers.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I thought so too, but I too don't know for sure. If Fema picks them up, it takes a while, and it will save us the money we already paid to taxes, so why not?

Patience, grasshoppers.

And the rumors continue to be spread…….