Post Date: 11/17/2017 8:30 AM

Holiday parking regulations will also be in effect in Downtown and Riverfront Business Districts from November 24 through December 29, 2017

Wilmington City government offices will be closed on Thursday, November 23 and Friday, November 24, 2017, for the City’s observance of the Thanksgiving Day Holiday. As a result, the Department of Public Works’ Sanitation Division will collect trash and recyclables on a modified holiday schedule.

The modified holiday schedule is as follows:

Monday, November 20: East of I-95 recycling collection

Tuesday, November 21: West of I-95 recycling collection

Wednesday, November 22: East of I-95 trash collection

Thursday, November 23: No collection/City holiday

Friday, November 24: No collection/City holiday

Saturday, November 25: West of I-95 trash collection

Visit www.WilmingtonDE.gov/residents/keeping-wilmington-clean/trash-collection for more information about trash and recycling in the City.

To report issues about trash and recycling collection, please call the Public Works Call Center at (302) 576-3878 or visit this link to submit a request for service online.

Mayor Mike Purzycki and Department of Finance Director Patrick Carter also remind citizens that the City of Wilmington’s holiday season parking meter policy will be in effect starting Friday, November 24, and running through Friday, December 29, 2017. During this period only, from Noon to 6:00 p.m. each weekday, the City will not require payment at parking meters in the Downtown Business District (defined as the area bounded by 2nd Street to 12th Street, and by French Street to Washington Street) and in the Riverfront Business District.

Exceptions to this temporary policy shall be along those streets designated as “tow-away zones,” such that no stopping will be allowed at those meters at the times posted, and further provided that all applicable traffic regulations other than those requiring payment at parking meters shall be fully enforceable.

In addition, during each holiday season, the City will undertake a policy of strict enforcement of those parking violations involving time-limited (two-hour or one-hour parking as designated by signage) or overtime parking, bus stops, fire hydrants, double-parking and parking too close to pedestrian crosswalks, and any and all other regulations, except those regarding the payment at parking meters between Noon and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays.

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Media Contact:

John Rago

Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Communications

Office of Mayor Michael S. Purzycki

Mobile: (302) 420-7928

Email: jrago@WilmingtonDE.gov