The city of Albany and Dougherty County continue their ongoing collaborative disaster management effort to facilitate the recovery of individuals, families, businesses and the environment. City and County crews, along with resources from neighboring communities, are working diligently to provide relief and restore power. Here are updates on those efforts, as provided by the city of Albany.

- More than 6,500 residents are still without power.

- All residents who have sustained severe damage and have meters and weather heads (service poles) that have been separated from the home, must contact an electrician to repair the meter before power can be restored.
12 crews are working to replace 100 poles that are significant to the main circuits.

- Nine neighboring cities are providing assistance: Thomasville, Camilla, Crisp County, Ellaville, Blakely, Moultrie, Douglas, Fitzgerald and Cairo.

- Most major intersections have been cleared and crews are continuing to work on getting traffic lights back functional.

- As of yesterday, all water and natural gas lines have been repaired.

- All residents are asked to bring their debris to the curbside or alley for collection.

- The County landfill hours have been extended until January 15th for residents who choose to dispose of their debris. Hours are:

Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Saturday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

- Public Works will resume their normal schedule for trash (90 gallon barrel) pick-up on Thursday, January 5. Please leave barrels out until collected.

- All Transit routes resumed this morning at 10:15, with the exception of Orange (North Jefferson), Red (Don Cutler, Cromartie Beach), 1X (Sylvester Road) and Para Transit (Demand Response Services).

- DCSS will reopen on Monday, January 9th.

- Volunteers are available to assist with debris clean up to be collected from curbside with priority to elderly and disabled citizens. For assistance contact (229.483.6226, 229.483.6227 or 229.483.6228).