Community Corner

Sandbags Available Wednesday Night at RFK Stadium

The DC Department of Public Works will distribute sandbags to D.C. residents from 6 p.m. to midnight.

The DC Department of Public Works will distribute sandbags at RFK Stadium, Lot 7 from 6 p.m. to midnight. Sandbags are availabe for District residents, with DC identification (up to five bags per household).

The sandbags weigh between 40 lbs. and 50 lbs. and residents will need to load them into their vehicles.

DPW will have employees and signage directing residents to the site entrance.

“We distributed 13,500 sandbags to approximately 2,700 households in August before and during Hurricane Irene,” said DPW Director William O. Howland, Jr. in a news release. “We ask that residents who received sandbags last month refrain from coming back for more.”

Hurricane season ends in November, so residents are asked to hold onto their sandbags, just in case.


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