Little Rock extends deadline for residential tornado debris pickup to June 25

City Directors (from left) Joan Adcock, Capi Peck, and Kathy Webb stand to the side as Mayor Frank Scott, Jr., center, gives an update on tornado recovery during a press conference in the City Hall rotunda on Friday, May 19, 2023. The Mayor announced the distribution plan for nearly $510,000 raised through Little Rock Cares to support Little Rock residents impacted by the March 31 tornado on Friday, May 19, 2023.

(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Stephen Swofford)
City Directors (from left) Joan Adcock, Capi Peck, and Kathy Webb stand to the side as Mayor Frank Scott, Jr., center, gives an update on tornado recovery during a press conference in the City Hall rotunda on Friday, May 19, 2023. The Mayor announced the distribution plan for nearly $510,000 raised through Little Rock Cares to support Little Rock residents impacted by the March 31 tornado on Friday, May 19, 2023. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Stephen Swofford)

The city of Little Rock is extending a prior deadline for residents to place debris from the March 31 tornado at the curb for pickup by a contractor, Mayor Frank Scott Jr. said at a City Hall press conference Wednesday morning.

The new deadline is June 25, Scott said. The original deadline announced last month was June 11. 

Scott also announced that United Way has been selected as the vendor that will help the city distribute grants to tornado-affected residents from a city charitable fund. 

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