Columbus Day Holiday - Monday, October 14, 2019

Tuesday Oct 8th, 2019

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Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., reminds citizens that Columbus Day, October 14 is a City holiday. DPW offices and yards will be CLOSED.  

Regular trash, recycling, and bulk collections are NOT scheduled for that day. Collections will remain on their regular schedule.

Citizen drop-off centers will be CLOSED (all yards, including Quarantine Road Landfill, the Northwest Transfer Station and the Eastern, Western and Northwest Collections Facilities).    

Mechanical street sweeping will NOT take place, and street sweeping parking restrictions will NOT be in effect.    

Parking meters are in effect. 

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