Wilmington City Government Offices Will Be Closed Next Thursday And Friday For Christmas

Press release from the City of Wilmington:

December 18, 2020

Wilmington government offices will be closed on Thursday, December 24 and Friday, December 25, 2020, for the Christmas Holiday. As a result, the following is the schedule for trash and recyclables for the holiday week:

• Monday, December 21: East of I-95 trash collection
• Tuesday, December 22: West of I-95 trash collection
• Wednesday, December 23: East of I-95 recyclables collection
• Thursday, December 24: NO collection/City holiday
• Friday, December 25: NO collection/City holiday
• Saturday, December 26: West of I-95 recyclables collection

Follow this link for more information about trash and recycling in the City. To report issues about trash and recycling collection, please dial 3-1-1 or visit: www.WilmingtonDE.gov/311.

Mayor Mike Purzycki and Department of Finance Director Brett Taylor also remind residents that the City’s holiday season parking meter policy will expire as of Friday, January 1, 2021, when normal metered parking enforcement resumes. Until January 1, the City is supporting holiday shopping by waiving metered parking enforcement from Noon to 6 p.m. each weekday when shoppers do not have to provide a 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. Official holidays such as next Thursday (December 24) and Christmas Day (December 25) remain free all day. A two-hour parking limit will remain in effect, however.

Exceptions to this temporary parking policy involve streets designated as “tow-away zones,” where no stopping is allowed at those meters at the times posted. All applicable traffic regulations, other than those requiring payment at parking meters, will be enforced, including time-limited parking (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, etc.

This press release was produced by the City of Wilmington. The views expressed here are the author’s own.