Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., reminds everyone that Independence Day, Thursday, July 4, is a City holiday. DPW offices and yards will be CLOSED.

• Trash and recycling collections that normally take place on Thursday will NOT occur.Makeup collections will take place on Saturday, July 6.

• Citizen drop-off centers will be CLOSED (all yards, including Quarantine Road Landfill, the Northwest Transfer Station, and the Eastern, Western, and Northwest Collections Facilities).

• Mechanical street sweeping will NOT take place. Street sweeping parking restrictions will NOT be in effect.

• Parking meters will NOT be in effect.

Have a safe Independence Day, and please remember, swimming is not allowed in our reservoirs.