North Port Hurricane Milton Recovery Updates

The Emergency Call Center is open and here to help! Call 941-429-7000 for assistance. We will be open until 5 p.m. today. We will also be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 11.  If you have an emergency, please call 9-1-1.

Tactical First-In Teams (T-FIT) have completed an initial assessment and cleared major roads and emergency routes in North Port. North Port Fire Rescue and North Port Police Department have resumed normal operations for emergency response.

Please continue to stay home if you don’t have to travel. If you have to go out, please use extreme caution. Several traffic signals are not operational. In addition, downed powerlines, nails, debris and ponding in roads could cause serious problems for you or your car. If you come across ponding on our roadways, don’t drive through it.

City staff are working to assess critical infrastructure and facilities. Department of Public Works crews are clearing trees and debris from roadways and water control structures, repairing potholes and replacing street signs. Utilities is working to address power outages at lift stations. There has been no interruption to City of North Port water and wastewater services.

Site and property damage assessments will be conducted by City employees beginning Friday. These personnel will be operating in City of North Port-marked vehicles and have appropriate identification. Residents can report any storm damages by using an online form.

 

Trash and Recycling

The Solid Waste Division will be operating this week with the following schedule:

• NO collection today, Thursday, 10/10
• Regularly scheduled Wednesday 10/9 collection will occur on Friday, 10/11. This will be garbage only, no recycling.
• Regularly scheduled Thursday and Friday collection will occur on Saturday, 10/12. This will be garbage only, no recycling.
• Solid Waste will resume regular garbage collection schedule starting Monday, 10/14.

On Monday, Oct. 14, normal trash and recycling collection schedules will resume.

Bulk pickups, debris and yard waste

Bulk pickups are currently paused, and scheduling will resume on Monday, Oct. 21.

Thankfully, the City of North Port did not see the devastating impacts of Hurricane Milton as previously forecasted. Essential debris management response resources are needed throughout the Southeast to address damage from Hurricane Helene in the Southwest, therefore the Department of Public Works will be managing storm debris internally. Yard waste pickup will be completed in conjunction with normal operations over the next several weeks.

Residents with manageable vegetative debris such as branches, twigs and leaves can place it in your store-bought container or our solid waste 95-gallon brown container, tie it in 4-foot lengths, or place it in brown paper bags for collection. Any small piles of vegetative debris will not be collected.

Those who place large piles of vegetative material on the road, please call for an estimate or go online to request a scheduled bulk collection by using your two free bulk pickups per fiscal year, with a limit of 5 cubic yards each.

For your convenience, please visit our Solid Waste Online Form Center for all of our Solid Waste services, at NorthPortFL.gov/SolidWasteForms.

 

City offices closed until Oct. 15

City Hall and other City offices will be closed until Tuesday, Oct. 15. This will allow time for City staff to continue recovery efforts and complete damage assessments for infrastructure, facilities and the community. It also includes the Columbus Day holiday on Monday, Oct. 14.

Parks & Recreation facilities, athletic fields and parks are closed until further notice and will reopen once they pass a safety inspection.