Trees and branches cleaned up in Volusia County

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Hurricane Matthew made landfall along the Florida coast in October, but the mess still remains.

Eyewitness News has reported that many Volusia County residents who live on private roads and had trees and branches brought down by the storm are still waiting for them to be cleaned up.

Channel 9's Mike Springer learned the cleanup for the residents will begin Monday.

People told Eyewitness News that it's hard to drive around the piles of debris and that they worry the dry brush could catch fire.

For weeks, Destiny Reagan and her husband have been stacking up piles of branches, tree trunks and palm fronds along their street.

“We just had to collect all the debris and move it all out,” Reagan said.

The Regans' live on a private road. It’s one of several throughout Volusia County where crews have not been able to go in and clear hurricane debris.

County officials said they will be heading to unincorporated privates roads to clean up these piles of debris.

“It's a huge relief. I'm looking forward to once it's gone. I can finally start cleaning up more stuff. We can't bring anything else out really until this huge majority of it's gone,” Reagan said.

The county estimates it could cost $2 million to clean up the debris, and it's unknown if FEMA will reimburse any of the cost.

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