Severe Winter Weather Impacts to City of Arlington Services for Jan. 9 and Jan. 10

By Susan Schrock, Office of Communications

Posted on January 09, 2025, January 09, 2025

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 or visit www.arlingtontx.gov/winter.

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.

Sign Up for CodeRED

Residents are also encouraged to sign up for the City of Arlington’s CodeRED community notification system, which is designed to provide important information about city service interruptions or public emergencies through phone calls, emails and/or text messages. To sign up to receive free notifications from the City’s community notification system, text ARLINGTON to 99411.

Emergency Cold Weather Shelter Plan

Additionally, the City of Arlington has activated its Emergency Cold Weather Shelter Plan to serve the homeless population through Friday, Jan. 10. The Arlington Life Shelter at 325 W. Division St. will accept unsheltered residents from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Salvation Army, located at 712 W. Abram St. is also accepting unsheltered residents from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ID is required for admittance and food will be served. Interested parties can sign up for text alerts about the City’s cold weather shelters by texting ARLCOLD to 877-799-4950. Click here for more information on the Emergency Cold Weather Shelter Plan.

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