Assessors will be in Columbia Thursday morning to check tornado damage at the city’s material recovery facility.
Easter Sunday’s EF-1 tornado destroyed Columbia’s material recovery recycling facility. All recycling in Columbia is suspended indefinitely.
Columbia spokeswoman Sydney Olsen says assessors will be on-site on Thursday morning, checking damage. Olsen tells 939 the Eagle that it would take a minimum of one year to build a new recycling facility. The city council has approved an ordinance supporting city manager De’Carlon Seewood’s emergency declaration. Mr. Seewood describes damage to the city landfill as catastrophic. The tornado also damaged the landfill’s bio gas plant.
Mr. Seewood also says there is extensive damage at Cosmo park from wind and flooding. Columbia Parks and Recreation director Gabe Huffington tells 939 the Eagle that Sunday’s storms have damaged about 50 trees at Cosmo park and the nearby L.A. Nickell golf course.
