Politics & Government

UPDATE Tuesday: Trash Pickup Schedule for City of Alexandria Residents

Plus Tuesday's City government schedule, transportation and information on snow plowing.

This week all curbside trash and recycling collection will “slide” one day. Residents who normally would have had curbside collection on Monday, March 3, will have their refuse and recycling collected on Tuesday, March 4, according to the City.

Other storm updates for Tuesday in the City of Alexandria:

  • All City government offices and facilities will be open as scheduled on Tuesday, March 4, with unscheduled leave permitted for non-emergency staff. Emergency staff should report as scheduled.
  • If you're catching a cab on Tuesday, the $5 added surcharge during the storm ended at 7 a.m. Tuesday. Taxis were required to add a $5 snow surcharge, effective at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 3 and ending at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, March 4.  The purpose of the surcharge was to induce taxis to provide service during difficult conditions.  However, keep in mind that all travel is hazardous today, and only essential trips should be undertaken.
  • DASH Bus has announced that DASH buses will operate normal service beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, March 4, and the King Street Trolley is operating on its normal schedule. DASH is operating on regular routes with minor delays. Streets not being served are Reading and Rayburn on the AT1 route and Hampton Street on the AT6 route.
  • WMATA has announced limited Metrobus service for Tuesday, March 4. See wmata.com for details.
  • For Capital Bikeshare status, see www.capitalbikeshare.org.
Snow plowing in Alexandria:

Roads are plowed by priority, with primary and snow emergency routes cleared first, followed by secondary routes and then residential streets.

During a major storm, it may only be possible to plow roads so that they are passable for emergency vehicles, rather than down to the pavement across all travel lanes. '

Use the City’s 
SnowReport tracking system to check on plowing priorities, the status of your street, or to submit a concern. Residents and businesses can help by staying off the roads during and after snowfall, not parking on posted snow emergency routespromptly clearing sidewalks and entrancesnot shoveling snow into the street, and clearing snow from around fire hydrants and storm drains.


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