The City of Fort Wayne is continuing to add roll-off containers to neighborhoods for collection of brush and tree limbs.
For residents who have leaves remaining after their second pick-up collection earlier this fall, they may place the remaining leaves in biodegradable leaf bags and call 311 for pick-up.
Employees from Parks, Public Works and City Utilities are continuing to clear branches from streets and pick up limbs from some of the hardest hit neighborhoods in each quadrant of Fort Wayne.
Residents can place branches and limbs in the parkstrip or right of way 'where they would place leaves for pick up ' for City crews to pick up in the future. For more immediate removal, they can take them to the tree-branch drop-off sites or National Serv-All roll-off containers placed in some neighborhoods.
Some locations in the central section on the leaf map did not have their second collection cycle this month as winter weather caused the Street Department to redirect resources to clearing streets of ice and snow. The Street Department is using vacuum trucks to collect the remaining leaves, which cannot pick up leaves that have branches on top. Once the branches are removed, the Street Department will pick up the leaves.
City residents can drop off tree limbs to:
* Shoaff Park by Conklin Pavilion (Christmas tree drop-off site)
* Tillman Park Ball Field Parking Lot off of Hanna St.
* McMillen Park in Pool Parking lot (Christmas tree drop-off site)
* Foellinger Theater / Lincolndale lot in Franke Park ' back parking lot southwest corner (Christmas tree drop-off site)
* Foster Park West ' Soccer field parking lot (Christmas tree drop-off site)
* Biosolids Compost Facility (6210 Lake Ave) Hours Monday ' Sunday 8 ' 5. Closed New Year's Day
Starting Friday, January 2nd, National Serv-all Compost Site (6231 McBeth Rd.) will be open to the public and will not be charging any fees. Hours M ' F: 8 ' 5, Saturday 8 ' noon. Closed New Year's Day.
The City has also placed National Serv-All roll-off containers at the following locations for branches:
- Springbrook Road at the dead end by the park
- Cranbrook Drive at the dead end
- 2814 Fleetwood
- 2400 block of Edsall
- 3400 block of Harvester
- Heritage at Yorkshire
- Jimru Street between Graham and Wayside
- 6100 block of Salge Drive
- Concordia Gardens at the park off of Woodbrook
- Congress Avenue, west of Willmette Avenue
- 4400 block of Marquette Ave.
- Norma Court cul-de-sac
- 8700 block of Rummel Avenue
- 2400 block of Miner Street
- 1700 block of Poinsette Drive
- 1600 block of Cherokee Road
The roll-off containers are for brush and branches only, no other trash or debris, so the material can be chipped into mulch instead of going to the landfill. The City asks residents to make sure the containers are as full as possible by pushing limbs toward the back.
If a container is full, residents can notify the City using 311.
City ordinance prohibits burning the branches and debris.
The clean-up is continuing following a harsh ice storm that hit Fort Wayne Dec. 19.