Prince George's Schools Closure; Trash Service Update

Updated at 4:50 p.m.

UPPER MARLBORO, MD — Prince George’s County Public Schools will be closed Tuesday, Jan 26, officials say.

The school system is operating under Code Yellow, which means all schools and offices are closed again Tuesday.

Only emergency personnel must report to work.

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According to the National Weather Service, snowfall amounts totaled 19 inches in College Park to 25 inches in Hyattsville.

Residential trash pickup remains on hold, and the county’s animal shelter is also closed Tuesday.

Compost, Recycling Sites Open:

Services located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill in Upper Marlboro including:

• ​Brown Station Road Public Container Pad,
  
• ​Scrap tire and appliance disposal sites, and Recycling Area.
• Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Center (Brandywine),
  
• The Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), (Capitol Heights); and
  
• The Prince George’s County Yard Waste Composting Facility in Upper Marlboro
  

Residential Garbage Pickup:

These services remain suspended for Tuesday, Jan. 26:

• All regular trash, bulky trash, recycling and yard waste collections;
  
• Household Hazardous Waste Acceptance Site; and
  
• Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site.

Animal Shelter Closed:

In addition, all services available at the Prince George’s County Animal Services Facility remain CLOSED until further notice. Residents may contact the Animal Services Facility at (301) 780-7200 to report any animal emergencies.

Snow-Plowing Efforts:

While residents may be tired of staying home and shoving, county officials ask that people stay off the roads so snowplows can do their work. It will likely be Tuesday, officials say, before residential streets even see snowplows.

A glitch with county’s online snow removal request form and plow tracking system may have frustrated some area residents.

The Prince George’s County Office of Information Technology has corrected the problem on the snow removal form, but the tracking system was still down Monday.

Reach the online snow removal request form athttp://countyclick.princegeorgescountymd.gov/ and click on “Submit Request for Snow Removal” at the top of page. Just input an email address and the location that needs plowing. The snow removal request type is already pre-populated on this form.

Residents can also submit snow removal requests by calling 3-1-1 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. or to the Snow Information Center at 301-350-0500. County officials urge residents to be patient and wait until midnight tonight, Tuesday, before submitting a request.

The plow tracking map was still down Monday afternoon. As an alternative, the Department of Public Works and Transportation says residents can visithttp://www.pgctrip.com/ to view county traffic cameras and updated information.

Some residents have called 9-1-1 to ask about snow removal, which officials emphasized is not what the emergency number is for.