City of Barrie crews and emergency personnel have made significant progress cleaning up at the tornado recovery site.
Police will release the site at noon today.
The City’s information centre located in the trailer near Saint Gabriel’s School will remain on site. If you need any assistance, call the tornado assistance line at 705-728-8442 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Building staff will be on site 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.
The Salvation Army will start to scale down the resident resource centre over the next couple of days. The City thanks the Salvation Army for their assistance in coordinating donations and the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board for providing the space at Saint Gabriel’s School to assist in the recovery efforts.
This is the temporary transfer station for tornado debris – city crews bring debris here in box trucks and bins etc and then dump trucks take it to the landfill for sorting. This is just a fraction of the total but even still – a massive cleanup effort. pic.twitter.com/DN5VbeHGWO
— Jeff Lehman (@jedi_lehman) July 18, 2021
While the City is grateful for the outpouring of support from the community, donations and volunteers are not required at this time. Entrance into the affected tornado area remains restricted to property owners. Several properties have been deemed unsafe and the cleanup of any private property requires the consent of the individual property owner. The Ministry of Labour is on site to ensure safe working conditions. If people want to assist with cleanup they must be outside of the tornado recovery area until the area has been released by Barrie Police.
Donating through the Salvation Army is the best way to help the affected community, while allowing the essential site evaluation and cleanup to occur.
Update from St. Gabe's re assistance trailer, replacement recycling bins and green bins, and donations. pic.twitter.com/xXveGrmho9
— Jeff Lehman (@jedi_lehman) July 18, 2021
Reminder: A no parking order is in effect for the affected areas overnight so that the streets can be cleaned. A map of the no-parking area is available via barrie.ca/TornadoRecovery. Tow trucks will be brought in to help remove vehicles from the street if they can’t be moved due to damages.
Ongoing public information about the situation and resources are posted on our website at barrie.ca/TornadoRecovery. Please also follow the City’s social media channels for updates.
Significant progress being made on cleanup at #BarrieTornado recovery site: https://t.co/MUM21pPbPq https://t.co/H04RNmeVZi
— The City of Barrie (@cityofbarrie) July 18, 2021