City of Valparaiso gives update on fall leaf pickup

The City of Valparaiso Friday gave the following update on the Fall Leaf Pickup Program:

We are approaching the end of our 4th week and 4th trip through the fall collection zones for the Fall Leaf Pickup Program. Valparaiso City Services (VCS) has collected nearly 4,000 cubic yards of leaves so far this season. On average we collect nearly 11,000 cubic yards of leaves per season.

Due to the winter weather event last week our collection efforts were delayed almost 4 days and the winter event led to an accelerated leaf drop rate. VCS has made operational adjustments and will be working 10 hours a day 7 days a week to increase collection efforts. Please continue to work to move the leaves to curb for crews to collect. We appreciate your patience.

VCS will continue to post progress updates on the Public Works Division page of the City’s website, https://www.ci.valparaiso.in.us/…/Yard-Waste-and-Leaf….

Some areas of the city take longer due to more trees and the weather also affects the collection efforts. To sign up for the progress updates and the current zone location of our leaf vacs via email notifications, please go to, https://www.ci.valparaiso.in.us/list.aspx.

In your neighborhood, please remember the following:

• To learn which zone your address is in, visit https://gisvalpo.maps.arcgis.com/…/lookup/index.html…

• Rake the leaves to the right-of-way “curb,” not onto the street.

• Placing leaves onto city streets results in street flooding, property damage and is in a violation of City ordinance 53.18.

• The City will not pick up loose leaf piles with any sort of debris (rocks, sticks, garbage, etc.) in them.

• Keep loose leaf piles away from obstacles, such as parked cars, mailboxes, etc. If there are obstacles, your door will be tagged.

• For more information about leaf pick up or other services of Public Works, visit the city’s website at https://www.ci.valparaiso.in.us/163/Public-Works.

• If you have specific questions regarding your leaf service, please contact Valparaiso City Services Customer Service at 219-462-6174.