Pinellas County Parks Reopen Following Eta; What To Do With Storm Debris

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — All Pinellas County parks will reopen for normal operating hours on Friday.

The COVID-19 testing sites at Tropicana Field and Ruth Eckerd Hall are expected to resume normal operations on Friday, Nov. 13, following temporary closures due to Tropical Storm Eta.

The drive-through testing site at Tropicana Field, which normally operates Tuesday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., will resume those hours Friday and Saturday.

The Ruth Eckerd Hall site will resume normal operations on Friday as well from 7 to 10 a.m. Testing runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.

There are numerous private and public COVID-19 testing sites located throughout Pinellas County. For more information, visit https://covid19.pinellascounty.org/testing/.

What To Do With Storm Debris

Residents are advised to place storm debris, such as tree branches and leaves, in with their household garbage or yard trash collection service. Residents should follow the guidelines of their garbage collection provider. For example, if residents normally place yard trash in with garbage collection or set it out for separate collection, they should continue to do so.

For questions about storm debris, residents should contact their private or municipal garbage collection provider. For a list of contacts, visit www.pinellascounty.org/solidwaste/garbage-collection.htm.

Based on the initial assessment of debris created by Tropical Storm Eta, the county does not plan to activate a special collection for storm debris at this time.

This press release was produced by the Pinellas County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.