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Road Construction: November 7-10

Contractors may be working on the following streets from November 7 to 10 under the City’s annual streets rehabilitation and infrastructure maintenance programs. Work could include concrete/street excavation, concrete work, paving, utility adjustment, ditch cleaning and culvert installation.  Commuters may experience traffic delays in these areas:

• Alexander Street
• Blackwood Place
• Burdell Place
• Chinook Lane
• Empire Avenue (Edinburgh Street to Freshwater Road)
• Factory Lane
• Old Petty Harbour Road (Mooney...

Collecting Your Yard Waste at the Curb

It's leaf season, and we're continuing to collect paper yard waste bags until December 2.

Did you know that the yard waste we collect is composted and used in public landscaping projects? Just place the paper yard waste bags at the curb and they will be collected biweekly on the same day as your recycling day. Check our scheduler to see when your recycling day is coming. 

You can also bring your paper yard waste bags to the Robin Hood Bay Drop-Off any time, year round.

There is no limit...

Change Your Clocks: Change Your Batteries

On Sunday, Nov. 6, Daylight Savings Time returns to Standard Time at 2 a.m. so get ready to put your clocks back. The St. John's Regional Fire Department wishes to remind residents of the importance of changing and testing the batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors when setting the clocks back for daylight saving time. The following safety tips will help to keep both you and your family safe.

• Most fatal fires occur at night when people are asleep. Often the victims never wake up...

Pay stations continue to roll out

The City has completed rolling out pay stations and the parking application PaybyPhone to the downtown core, including Water Street, Harbour Drive, Duckworth Street, and the nearby side streets. The program will now expand to areas in the City that were at one time serviced by meters, and most recently have been operated as timed parking. These areas include:

• Westerland Road
• Churchill Square
• Ricketts Road
• Freshwater Road
• Harvey Road
• Cookstown Road
• Long’s Hill
• Rennie’s River Parking Lot

The paid parking...

Update on Street Rehabilitation Work on Southlands Boulevard

As part of the Street Rehabilitation program, construction work for Southlands Boulevard is concluding in late fall 2022.

The construction update:

• Construction on Southlands Boulevard between the City limits and Ruby Line is currently ongoing and expected to be completed by November 4.

• After November 4, crews will be completing minor asphalt, concrete and reinstatement work as well as line painting. This work is anticipated to be completed in late fall and may include sporadic lane reductions.

The...

Road Construction: October 31 to November 4

Contractors may be working on the following streets from October 24 to 28 under the City’s annual streets rehabilitation and infrastructure maintenance programs. Work could include concrete/street excavation, concrete work, paving, utility adjustment, ditch cleaning and culvert installation.  Commuters may experience traffic delays in these areas:

• Alexander Street
• Allandale Road (#419 to the end)
• Berrigan Place
• Blackwood Place
• Burdell Place
• Cadet Road
• Chinook Lane
• Empire Avenue (Edinburgh Street to...