NEWS RELEASE
BOULDER COUNTY
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After hearing from several property owners that they’re having difficulty finding a contractor due to the current backlog of work in the area, Boulder County wanted to let owners of homes that were destroyed by the Marshall Fire know that there is still time to participate in the county’s coordinated debris removal program. Property owners who were uninsured, under-insured, or are still searching or waiting for a debris removal contractor to complete the work are encouraged to reach out to the county as soon as possible to discuss how the program can possibly be of assistance in the clearing of ash, debris, concrete, vegetation, and other fire-damaged materials. In addition, Louisville, Superior, and Boulder County are establishing deadlines for all fire-destroyed properties within their boundaries to be cleared of ash and debris, so please reach out by Friday, July 15 if you need help and want to be included in the coordinated cleanup effort.
How to Participate
If you know you’d like take part in the debris removal program, please complete a Right of Entry form (www.boco.org/marshall-roe) by July 15 so the operations team can start preliminary eligibility work.
To-date, more than 100 PPDR participating properties have been returned to their owners so that they can start rebuilding efforts and another 230 are in the final stages of the program. Eligible debris removal work on a destroyed property includes:
- Foundations and concrete slab basements
- Hazardous vegetation (i.e., trees that present a safety hazard to crews working on site, neighbors, or the general public)
- Ash and debris
- Motor vehicles
All material removed is transported safely to a designated recycling or waste disposal facility. Here’s a snapshot of what’s been removed since the debris removal program began in mid-April:
- 83,496 tons of ash and debris
- 53,075 tons of brick and concrete (recycled)
- 2,078 tons of metal (recycled)
- 1,378 tons of vegetative matter (recycled via biochar)
For more information about the coordinated debris removal program, visit www.boco.org/marshall-debris-cleanup or www.boco.org/debris-program-faqs. Questions can also be directed to [email protected].
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