Cleanup work continues in Iola from the extensive storm damage from the morning of May 3.
In a brief summation to City Council members Monday, Interim Iola City Administrator Corey Schinstock said limb pickup may extend to Memorial Day, while electric crews continue to do long-term repairs to the line of utility poles toppled in the storm.
As of Monday, crews have hauled 85 loads of limbs and brush to the Allen County Landfill, Schinstock said.
Calls for rainy weather over the next several days could slow that effort, he acknowledged.
Meanwhile, broken poles are being replaced, primarily along Patterson Avenue.
Schinstock said the city is looking at other measures to strengthen the electric infrastructure in the area, such as steel poles or adding wind anchors “to combat that wind.”
