May 23 Storm Update – Clean Up Progress Continues, Some Roads Remain Blocked and a Significant Volume of Work Remains

Urban Forestry Operations Update

Urban Forestry arborists have been working non-stop since the storm of May 21.

As of 4:00pm on May 23, we have received an estimated 839 unique calls for damage of varying severity from across Madison.   This number continues to rise as more reports are received.

Of the calls we received, 279 would be classified as “emergency” calls, such as a tree falling and blocking a road and other severe situations.  As of this publication, 72 calls of this priority level remain unresolved.

Unfortunately, this means all road blockages will not be cleared by the previously stated goal of 7:00pm May 23.

Crews will be working again through the night to address these high priority calls. 

If you have not yet reported damage to a public tree, or a road blockage, please do so.  The best method would be to use the Tree Concern Report-a-Problem form at www.cityofmadison.com/ReportAProblem. 

While we certainly understand residents who wish to learn the response time for their particular reported problem, we will generally be unable to provide the arrival time estimate you may be seeking.  Forestry crews are still working on the significant number of high priority needs to address these issues.

Brush Collection

The Streets Division crews are also working extended hours collecting brush from the curb today, May 23.  The dates when residents should set out brush for collection are available at www.cityofmadison.com/BrushCollection.

Update to Road Blockage List

On the early morning on May 22, a preliminary list of blocked roads was released.  These blockages were discovered by Streets Division crews that drove many streets in Madison.

As noted above, many more calls have been received since this initial list was published, and there are other blockages that remain than what this list shows.

However, since the previous list was made public an update is in order.

Here are the remaining blockages and also the ones that have been resolved from the previous list:

WEST ROADS BLOCKED

• 1907 Rowley Ave
• Gregory St between Sheldon and Sprague (downed wires)
• 568 Park Lane (half of the travel lane is blocked)
• St. Clair Street at Westmorland Blvd (travel lane is only partially blocked)
• 5718 Bartlett (travel lane is partially blocked)
• 930 Arden (travel lane is partially blocked)
• 6017 Greentree (travel lane is partially blocked)
• Saalsaa Rd (powerline is down; road is blocked)
• 1800 block of Fisher St. (downed wires, partially blocked)
• 2900 block of Nottingham (mostly blocked, a travel lane has been made, though a tree is still in the road)
• Chatham Terrace at Tokay Blvd (partially blocked)
• Cosgrove Dr at Sandsnes Ln
• Sandsnes Ln (partially blocked, travel lane open)
• Heather Glen at Turning Leaf Dr (partially blocked, travel lane open)
• 9901 Treetops (fully blocked)

EAST ROADS BLOCKED

• 2434 Hoard St (power line down)
• 1602 Fremont (one lane partially blocked, this will be a lower priority to address)
• 421 Maywood – dead end (MGE red tape across road for power line, one lane partially blocked by tree)
• Davidson between Drexel and Maher (partially blocked)
• 400 block of Vernon Ave
• 226 Meadowlark (downed power line, road is partially blocked by tree limb)
• Walbridge at Wittwer (tree is partially blocking one lane)

WEST ROADS OPENED

• S. Mills at Drake St.
• Drake St. at S. Brooks St.
• 314 S. Mills St.
• 1205 Erin St.
• S. Orchard (South of Drake)
• Oakland Ave (between Jefferson and Madison)
• Regent St. at Speedway
• 3809 Meyer
• 526 Holiday
• 450 Charles
• S. Whitney Way at Woodland Way
• 5725 Crabapple
• 1421 Lucy
• 6700 block of Crabapple
• Saybrook Rd at Schroeder Rd
• Piping Rock Rd at Sunbridge Park
• Piping Rock Rd at Minton Rd
• Gammon Place
• Sutton Rd
• 917 Lawrence
• 20 W. Lakeside
• 626 Spruce St
• 1400 block of Hickory St
• 1846 Baird St
• 400 block of Bram St
• 900 block of Magnolia Ln
• Petra Place
• 2900 block of Traceway
• 2917 Wimbledon
• 3210 Knollwood Way
• 4200 block of Doncaster
• Mandan Cresent at Waban Hill
• Anthony Lane
• Sommerset Ln at Cabot Ln
• 4600 Onaway Pass (road is open – tree is lying in the curbline)
• Tawhee Dr at Kronke Dr (road is open – tree is lying in curbline)
• 2306 Teal Dr
• 2106 Westbrook Ln
• Piedmont Rd at Janie Ln
• 6425 Dylyn Dr

EAST ROADS OPENED

• 1518 Wyoming Way
• Toban Drive
• Alpine at Glendale
• 1708 Fremont
• Sheridan at Sherman
• Schlimgen at Packers
• 2700 block of Myrtle St
• 2710 Coolidge
• 2825 Coolidge
• 2422 Hoard St
• Eighth Street
• 2557 Upham
• N Sixth St from E. Mifflin to E. Dayton
• E. Washington Ave at Yahara River
• Riverside at Rutledge
• 303 Hudson (this road is closed for unrelated construction project)
• Lance Ln
• Turner Ln between Buckeye and Allis
• 15 N. Pinckney
• 380 W. Washington Ave
• 450 W. Washington Ave
• 1818 Tarragon Dr
• 4610 Goldfinch
• 234 St. Albans
• 5034 Trafalgar
• 18 Quinn Circle
• 4414 Hollow Ridge

Additional Information

As cleanup from this storm continues, updates regarding clean-up progress will be published.