Alley cleanup expected to be completed today

By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Wednesday should be the final day of the annual Hays Alley Cleanup which started Oct. 27. According to Solid Waste Superintendent Marvin Honas, all that remains to be collected today is tree limbs in a limited area.

City crews were busy Wednesday morning collecting limbs by hand and using a front loader in the area from Hall Street south to Main Street between 16th and 27th Streets.

Utilities Division employee Brad Domann was working with two other men in the alley just south of 27th Street about 8:30 a.m.

“We’re hoping to be done by noon today,” Domann said. “This is a good project for the city.

Hays Utilities Department employee Brad Domann tosses tree limbs into a city truck during the alley cleanup.

Domann carried small limbs to the parked city dump truck and tossed them into the open back. The bigger limbs were loaded onto the Parks Department front loader and then dumped into the waiting truck parked on 27th.

Parks Department employees will chip the limbs into mulch which is available for free pick-up by Hays residents at the Parks Department, 1546 E. U.S. Highway 40 Bypass.