State of Emergency

  • The City of Savannah has declared a State of Emergency that will be effective at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 21 due to anticipated impacts from a winter storm.
  • The Incident Management Team for the City has been activated. The Emergency Operations Center will be opened for 24-hour operations beginning on Tuesday.
  • The City’s 311 call center is active. Residents are encouraged to submit requests for services by calling or using the 311SAV App. For emergencies, dial 911.
  • The City’s warming center at the Tompkins Regional Center, 2333 Ogeechee Rd. housed over 40 people from the cold.
  • City and County Engineering Departments are coordinating roadway improve plans.
  • Sanitation routes have been affected by Wednesday’s closures. Residential garbage collection, recycling collection, and yard waste collection services, already operating on a one-day delayed holiday schedule, are scheduled to resume on Thursday, Jan. 23 on a modified holiday schedule. Updates will be provided to the public as available. Collection Centers at Bacon Park and Dean Forest Road will be closed, Wednesday January 23.
  • Administrative offices will remain closed all day Wednesday, Jan. 22. Thursday operations will be determined later depending on the impacts of the storm. Emergency services will remain open.
  • GDOT has snowplows ready in our area.

For questions about City services or to submit a service request, residents can call 311. Service requests

 

Please feel free to pass this information on to members of ESNA

 

Thank you

Marilyn Jivens

 

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