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DPW To Observe Columbus Day, Mon., Oct. 12

Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Sanitation services will be suspended for the day. DPW will enforce parking restrictions along the streetcar line.

Contact : Linda Grant, 202-671-2375

(Washington, DC)  The DC Department of Public Works will observe Columbus Day, Monday, October 12; therefore, sanitation services and most parking enforcement will be suspended until Tuesday, October 13.

Sanitation services will be suspended for the holiday and will resume Tuesday, October 13.

  • 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 13.

The Ft. Totten Transfer Station* will be closed Monday, October 12 and reopen Tuesday, October 13 to residents between 1 pm and 5 pm.

Household Hazardous Waste/E-cycling drop-off is weekly on Saturdays, 8 am to 3 pm.  Personal document shredding will remain the first Saturday of the month (except holidays) only.  The next shredding drop-off is Saturday, November 7. Additionally, DPW will conduct a monthly weekday HHW/e-cycling drop-off the Thursday before the first Saturday of each month (except holidays).  The next Thursday HHW/e-cycling drop-off is Thursday, November 5, 1 pm to 5 pm. HHW/ e-cycling drop off and document shredding occur at the Ft. Totten Transfer Station.

On Columbus Day, Monday, October 12, DPW will enforce streetcar parking restrictions along the H Street/Benning Road, NE corridor.

“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 enforcement citywide resumes Tuesday, September 8. 

*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.