Otsego provides emergency info
02.02.2010, 16:40
The state of emergency in Otsego County has been extended through 1:45 p.m. Friday, according to Donald Lindberg, county Board of Representatives chairman.
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The state of emergency was declared last week after rains led to severe flooding in the region. In Otsego County, many roads, bridges and culverts were damaged, and some roads and sections of roads remain closed.
According to Kevin Flint, the county’s deputy highway commissioner, the following county roads are closed totally or in sections:
County Route 8 in Oneonta,
County Route 11D in Hartwick,
County Route 11 between Hartwick and Laurens,
County Route 15 between Burlington and Garrattsville,
County Route 59 in Hartwick,
County Route 41 in Schenevus,
County Route 36 in Worcester, and
County Route 49 in Edmeston.
County Route 36 in Worcester will be opened soon, Flint said Wednesday at the Board of Representatives meeting.
Otsego County residents with flood-related questions about food, housing, utilities and other household needs, or health concerns or water issues, may call the county’s flood hot line at (800) 884-9286. The center is staffed from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
People seeking help with other concerns may apply for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency or state agencies at the disaster-assistance service center at Lee Hall at the State University College at Oneonta (or at Walton High School for Delaware County residents).
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State assistance may be obtained by calling (888) 769-7243 or by applying online at http://www.labor.state.ny.us..
Individuals, families and small businesses may apply for state Individual and Family Grant programs up to $5,000 for documented flood losses not covered by insurance or other government programs.
At the county board meeting, representatives approved a program for removing Otsego County’s flood-related waste at no cost to residents. Material may be taken to the MOSA transfer station in Oneonta Monday through Saturday and the MOSA transfer station in Fly Creek on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Additional roll-off containers for flood-damaged materials have been placed in Unadilla at the former Bishop Hotel; in Otego by the town hall; in Laurens at the village garage; in Milford at the town barn, in Burlington at the former town barn; in Hartwick by the town hall; and in Richfield near the Lake House Restaurant and Bakers Beach.
Otsego County will cover the costs of disposal of flood damaged waste.
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Household hazardous-waste materials damaged by the flood, such as oil or fuel-soaked rugs or furniture or paint, may be disposed of at the containers placed in the rail yards on Round House Road in the city of Oneonta.