In observance of Labor Day, there will be no residential trash, curbside recycling or brush collection on Monday, Sept. 4. In addition, the following facilities will be closed:
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Road construction continues on Irving and MacArthur Boulevards. Check out the timelines and the project scopes.
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City Hall Irving public libraries Hunter Ferrell Landfill North Lake Natatorium Irving Arts Center R ecreation centers All offices and services will resume normal business hours Tuesday, Sept. 5. Visit CityofIrving.org for more information.
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MUSIC ON MAIN SERIES IN OCTOBER AT HERITAGE PARK What is better than a perfect fall evening spent with family, food, good times and live entertainment? Bring a lawn chair and blanket to Heritage Park for an evening of live music! Fridays in October | 7 p.m. Heritage Park, 217 S. Main St. Each Friday evening in October show off your best dance moves. Live music will begin at 7 p.m. on the Heritage Park stage. Grab dinner at a restaurant in downtown or from the on-site food vendors. These free evenings events have something for every member of the family.
Trash Collection Goes Back to Twice Per Week Beginning Monday, Dec. 4 City leadership is working to balance the desires of residents with the wellness of the solid waste collection crew members, and as a result, developed a plan to go back to twice per week manual trash collection while keeping three-member teams on each trash truck to accommodate the heavy lifting required to throw trash.
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Starting on Monday, Dec. 4, manual trash collection will be performed twice per week and recycling, brush and bulky materials will be collected once per week. Standardizing the collection model for solid waste remains the goal, and in the coming months, the city will be finalizing ordinance amendments to accommodate the twice-per-week model. Going from once-per-week trash collection back to twice-per-week trash collection requires hiring an additional 21 solid waste collection employees, and a rate increase is needed to fund those additional
TWICE PER WEEK TRASH COLLECTION employees, as well as increased wages for collection team members. Additional information and updates are available at CityofIrving.org/SWS or call (972) 721-2232.
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CityofIrving.org/Jobs For more information, call (972) 721-2696 or visit CityofIrving.org/HR.
Visit IrvingEvents.org or call (972) 721-2501 for more information on Irving events.
ULTRAFAST ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION IN IRVING The City of Irving now offers an ultrafast electric vehicle (EV) charging station at the South Irving Library, 601 Schulze Drive. The station is the first city-owned fast charger in Texas. The Boost Charger can fully charge an EV in about 30 minutes, compared with three to four hours on a standard Level 2 charger. The charger cost $191,441 and was paid for with funds from a Federal Highway Administration program. The charger is located in the parking lot of the library, near the drive-thru. The easy-to-use touchscreen menu guides users through the process. The installation was completed just as Volta presented the results of an EV charger assessment conducted in Irving. According to the findings, by 2027 the city will have more than 8,200 registered EVs on the road, up from 2,629 in 2023. The city currently has 74 EV charging ports at 34 locations throughout Irving. To learn more about the new charger and the results of Volta’s assessment, visit CityofIrving.org/BeGreen.