Severe Winter Weather Affects Arlington Services Jan. 9-10, 2025
Published on January 09, 2025
By Susan Schrock, Office of Communication
City of Arlington facilities, including City Hall, recreation centers, library locations, and animal shelter, will be closed to the public until noon Friday, Jan. 10. This action is being taken to ensure safety for residents and city employees with potential traffic hazards because of the severe winter weather.
Additionally, the City's public transportation services, Handitran, Arlington On-Demand and Arlington RAPID, will resume at noon Friday, Jan. 10.
Garbage and Recycling Collection
Due to the continued winter weather forecast and expected icy road conditions on Friday, Jan. 10, Republic Services has announced it will not be providing collection services on Friday.
Residential trash cart collection will be postponed until Saturday, Jan. 11. On Saturday, ONLY the residential trash carts will be collected. This change in service is designed to ensure the safety of the trash collections crews. Have your carts placed at the curb by 7 a.m. Saturday morning.
Residential recycling, bagged leaves, brush, and bulk garbage will NOT occur on Friday or Saturday. These items will be collected on their next scheduled collection date, Friday, Jan. 17.
As a reminder, Republic Services only collected residential trash carts on Thursday, Jan. 9. Residents on a Thursday collection schedule can set out their bagged leaves, bulk trash and recycling carts for pickup on Thursday, Jan. 16.
The Arlington landfill will be closed Friday.
For the latest updates on weather-related impacts to City services, please follow the City of Arlington’s social media accounts.
Other City Services
All essential City of Arlington services will be operational, including public safety, 9-1-1 emergency call center, street and water crews. This also includes the Action Center, the City’s information hotline that can be reached by dialing 817-459-6777.
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