Contractors will begin to pick up sandbags in rural Cass County today and work throughout the upcoming weeks to complete the project. Residents are asked to stack their bags on the public right-of-way at the edge of the road so that equipment can pick up the bags without going onto private property.

The contractor will make a second pass through each neighborhood a week or so after the first pass in the event that residents have not been able to move their sandbags to the edge of the road in front of their properties prior to the first pass. Bags will be picked up this week from areas affected by Red River and Wild Rice River flooding south of Fargo. Areas affected by Red River flooding north of Fargo between Highway 20 and Highway 22 will be picked up later this week and next week.

Those areas still being affected by the ongoing Sheyenne River flooding will be scheduled for pickup at a later date, dependent on the water levels receding. For further information, contact the Cass County Highway Department at (701 ) 298-2370