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DPW to Observe Columbus Day, Mon., Oct. 10

Thursday, October 6, 2016
Sanitation services will be suspended for the day; parking will be enforced along the streetcar line.

The DC Department of Public Works will observe Columbus Day, Monday, October 10; therefore, sanitation services and most parking enforcement will be suspended until Tuesday, October 11.

Sanitation services will be suspended for the holiday and will resume Tuesday, October 11. Services will be affected as follows:

• Trash and recycling collections in once-a-week collection neighborhoods will “slide” to the next day for the remainder of the week.

• In twice-a-week collection neighborhoods, Monday’s and Thursday’s collections will slide to Tuesday and Friday. Tuesday’s and Friday’s collections will slide to Wednesday and Saturday.

• Street sweeping will be suspended Monday and resume Tuesday, October 11.

• The Ft. Totten Transfer Station* will be closed Monday, October 10 and reopen Tuesday, October 11 to residents between 1 pm and 5 pm. Household Hazardous Waste/E-cycling drop-off is weekly on Saturdays, 8 am to 3 pm at the Ft. Totten Transfer Station.   Personal document shredding will remain the first Saturday of the month (except holidays) only.

• DPW WILL enforce streetcar parking restrictions along the H Street/Benning Road, NE corridor on Columbus Day, Monday, October 10.

“Blocked” Streetcar Parking Enforcement is daily, including weekends and holidays, e.g., Columbus Day, along H Street and Benning Road, NE, between 3rd Street and Oklahoma Avenue, NE. On Sundays and holidays enforcement is between 8 am and 10 pm. Enforcement on Mondays-Thursdays is 6 am to 11 am; and on Fridays and Saturdays, enforcement runs between 6 am and 1 am. Normal parking enforcement citywide resumes Tuesday, October 11.

*Directions to Ft. Totten, 4900 John F. McCormack Drive, NE: Travel east on Irving Street, NW, turn left on Michigan Avenue, turn left on John F. McCormack Drive, NE and continue to the end of the street. Directions from additional locations can be found at http://dpw.dc.gov/node/414922.