It's Still the Derecho Aftermath in Reston

Nearly two weeks after the with winds of 79 miles per hour, cleanup crews are still working on getting Reston's public areas clear.

director of maintenance Brian Murphy says three crews have been assigned to clear debris and remove downed trees from pathways and other Reston Association common properties. Nearly 200 trees have fallen in the last two weeks, he said.

Murphy says that most of the debris from the initial storms has been cleared, but additional storms on Sunday set back efforts.

"The paths are mostly clear but we are dealing with more trees that came down on paths from the Sunday storm," Murphy said.

Most of the newly downed trees are on the south side of Reston, Murphy said.

Since the derecho on June 29, RA has removed 180 trees that fell from Reston Association common property or pathways. Murphy said he has received 49 calls from residents, reporting that trees fell from Reston Association common areas onto the homeowners’ properties.

Murphy said five homes were damaged when trees fell on them. Reston Association is bringing in a contractor with a bucket truck to remove trees in two cases. He does not have total cost estimates yet.

“We will need to go back to many of these areas and do a final cleanup where we were only clearing trails or yards,” he added.

To report a downed tree on a pathway call Reston Association Central Services at 703-437-7658.

Meanwhile, is back to normal operations after being closed for three days due to power outages. That is the longest power outage in Reston Town Center's 21-year history.

Le-Ha Anderson, spokeswoman for Dominion Virginia Power, said while RTC is mostly fed by underground power lines, there were compounding problems during the widespread derecho outage.

"While the Reston Town Center has mostly underground power lines, it is fed by an overhead line further away that had several problems," she said. "There were broken poles, wire down and multiple trees on the line in this area."

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