Smiley Cancels Trash Pick-Up for the Week 

Smiley Cancels Trash Pick-Up for the Week 

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced  Tuesday night that curbside trash pick-up is being suspended through the rest of the week following yesterday’s historic blizzard. Normal trash pick-up services impede effective snow removal efforts, and suspending these services through the week will ensure the City’s trucks can effectively make Providence’s roads safe and accessible in every neighborhood. Trash pick-up will resume next week on Monday, March 2 on the normal trash pick-up schedule.  

 

“This has been a difficult winter for our entire community. We are working around the clock to clear roads in every neighborhood after the most severe storm in Providence’s history so that our neighbors can get to work and our city can get back to normal,” said Smiley. “Like many other communities in Rhode Island, we are suspending curbside trash-pick for the rest of this week to help our trucks plow curb to curb and ensure pick-up resumes as usual on Monday.”

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Smiley was widely criticized for his management of the storm at the end of January. He left for a conference in Washington, DC, during the chaos.

 

Providence remains under a citywide parking ban. During this period, parking is prohibited on all snow routes and city streets to allow snowplows to clear roadways effectively. The ban will remain in effect until further notice, and violators may be subject to ticketing and towing. During a parking ban, residents, including those with an overnight parking permit, are not allowed to park on city streets. Parking in Providence Public School parking lots is prohibited during a parking ban.