Tag: Debris Cleanup
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Marshall fire debris removed, clearing way for rebuild before snow falls
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was a hallelujah kind of day for people who lost their home in the Marshall fire. Eight months after being displaced, hundreds of families are closer to rebuilding their home after excavators with Disaster Recovery Services carted off the last bits of mangled metal,…
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Lawsuit adds more uncertainty for Marshall fire residents
Just as Marshall fire victims thought that the legal squabbling over the debris cleanup was over, another lawsuit adds uncertainty to when they will be able to rebuild their homes. This time, the legal challenge comes from one of the 10 contractors that competed for the $60 million debris cleanup contract. Ceres Environmental lost out to…
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Marshall fire: Boulder County releases debris removal schedule
Boulder County officials Friday released the schedule for debris removal for the homes and businesses impacted by the Marshall Fire last December. The process is expected to begin in mid-April and should last around four months, according to the county. Homes and businesses within unincorporated Boulder County, the Eldorado neighborhood in Louisville and Sagamore neighborhood…
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Nearly three months after Marshall fire, Boulder officials clear way for debris removal to begin
Boulder County and DRC Emergency Services ratified the Marshall fire debris removal contract on Tuesday, paving the way for the company to start hauling off wreckage that has been sitting untouched for almost three months. The cost of the work now stands at $60 million, $8 million more than the original bid made by DRC.…
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74-year-old Superior man first to put a for sale sign up after DIY Marshall Fire cleanup
Two straight months of tossing out the ruins of your life’s work will consume a man. That’s why the total gravity of the Marshall Fire’s destruction didn’t sink in for Paul Williams until he saw the wrecked landscape of Original Town Superior from a high mountain trail. “I’ll miss the open space and I’ll miss…
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Boulder County hopes to start debris removal next week amid questions about open meetings law violations
It appears there’s an end in sight for nearly thousands of Marshall Fire victims who have been waiting to have fire-ravaged debris hauled off of their property so that they can start to rebuild. Boulder County announced Friday that it will finalize the debris removal contract with DRC Emergency Services in a business meeting next…
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Superior considers breaking from Boulder County’s debris cleanup plans over delays
Eighty days post-Marshall fire, Superior is considering breaking from Boulder County’s debris removal process and Louisville may not be far behind. At issue is the cleanup of tons of debris still festering in fire-ravaged foundations as legal tangles over whether the county violated open meetings laws creep along. Debris cleanup that should have started March…