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We
will attempt to allow a weekend for residents to rake their leaves to the
edge of the road for vacuum pick-up. Signs will be removed after our crews
complete each street. The second and final fall collection will begin
after Thanksgiving. The timing will depend on weather conditions. Red
signs will indicate this is the final collection. The same procedure of
posting, collection, and sign removal is used for the final vacuum
collection.
Leaves
should be placed in piles or containers on the grass or behind the curb.
Placing leaves in streets or alleys can disrupt traffic and surface
drainage, hamper snow removal operations or pose a fire hazard to
automobiles parked over them.
Collections
are restricted to leaves only. Sticks, branches or coarse garden debris
should be placed in containers or tied in bundles not more than four feet
long and placed where household trash is regularly picked up.
Residents
who miss the two scheduled vacuum collections will have to place their
leaves in paper yard waste bags or reusable containers, which will be
picked up on the regular yard waste collection day. Leaves placed in
plastic bags will not be accepted.
The
Department of Public Works and Transportation reminds residents that
although every effort is made to maintain the posted schedules, weather
and equipment problems can affect the timing.
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For
information about the Vacuum Leaf Collection
Program, contact the Highway Maintenance Section at
240-777-7623.
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For
information about the
Yard
Waste Collection Program, contact the Division of Solid Waste
at 240-777-6410.
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