Crew repairs headwalls on bridge
By admin | August 2, 2011
Road crew employees from Ellis County Road & Bridge 3 spent Monday repairing a collapsed headwall at a bridge on Weakley Branch Road outside Maypearl.
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Crew resurfaces Eubanks Road
By admin | June 9, 2011
Crews from Ellis County Road & Bridge Pct 3 resurfaced Eubanks Road, located south of Maypearl, last weeks.
Lonnie Reavis, foreman, said ground temperatures must be a certain temperature before crews can begin resurfacing roads.
Several more roads are scheduled for resurfacing during the summer season.
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Trees, power lines block county roads after storm
By admin | April 11, 2011
Employees from precinct 3 spent most of Monday clearing roadways of downed trees due to the storms that roared through early Monday morning.
Lonnie Reavis, foreman, said he began getting calls at 3 a.m. regarding trees across the road.
Trees are down along many county roads.
Reavis said several power poles and lines fell into the roadway along Bethel Road near the Five Points area. He said the road could be closed several days until power lines are repaired.
Power lines down on Bethel Road
He said they plan on spending the remainder of the week clearing the trees from the roadside.
Power lines lay across the roadway
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No more vouchers available for clean-up event
By admin | March 16, 2011
There are no more vouchers available for the March, 2011 clean-up event.
Ellis County appreciates the tremendous response from the community and look forward to offering this or similar events in the future
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Week-long clean-up event scheduled in March
By admin | February 28, 2011
by Diane Buckley
Starting Saturday, March 26th and running through Saturday, April 2nd, Ellis County will be hosting another week long Clean-Up Event providing an opportunity for all county residents to dispose of trash, furniture, mattresses, yard debris, and other similar items, as well as passenger tires (maximum 10/off rim), and electronics/appliance recycling – at no cost to participants. [No hazardous liquids/chemicals accepted.]
This event will run simultaneously at two different landfill sites:
•ECD Landfill – 5703 N. IH-45, Ennis, 75119 – (972)-875-5374
•CSC Landfill – 101 Republic Way, Avalon, 76623 – (972) 627-3413
Hours at both locations will be:
•Monday-Friday: 7:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
•Saturdays: 7:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
You will be required to obtain a voucher in order to participate in this event. While this may seem inconvenient to some, the reason is simply that the vouchers are our only means to ensure that budgeted funds will be adequate to pay for this service to the community.
Vouchers will be available starting March 1st – QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED.
The five locations around the county where vouchers can be obtained are:
Pct. 1
Commissioner Dennis Robinson
600 N. IH45-Business, Palmer, 75152
972-449-3260
Pct. 2
Commissioner Bill Dodson
1400 Oak Grove Road, Ennis, 75119
972-875-3241
Pct. 3
Commissioner Heath Sims
933 College Street, Italy, 76651
972-483-7477
Pct. 4
Commissioner Ron Brown
1011 Eastgate, Midlothian, 76065
972-723-8017
Department of Development (distributing for Fire Marshal)
109 S. Jackson, Waxahachie, 75165
Enter on the east side (lower level) of building. Public access door clearly marked.
For more information or for any other questions you may have, please call the Ellis County Fire Marshal’s Office at 972-825-5555.
(Note: Those with large items or large quantities may be required to purchase a hard hat and safety vest for $12. Otherwise, if the items fit into a dumpster, no hat and vest will be required.)
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