Oak Ridge Brush Pickup program begins Monday, May 5

The Oak Ridge citywide brush pickup program will begin Monday, May 5. In an effort to improve the pickup process, Waste Connections is slightly changing the way pickup is conducted.

The new schedule lists a group of roads and streets to be serviced over the course of the full week, instead of on specific days. Residents are asked to have their materials out by 7 a.m. on the Monday of their scheduled week for pickup, according to a city news release.

Tree limbs and bagged yard clippings/leaves will be picked up. Residents have always been very cooperative, and we ask for their continued cooperation this year by following the guidelines listed below:

• All limbs should be placed near, but not beyond the curb, with the butt end near the street.

• Keep all materials off sidewalks, parking areas, and out of gutters.

• Avoid placing materials under low-hanging wires, tree limbs, or any other overhead obstruction.

• Place all materials at least five feet away from all objects (mailboxes, trees, walls) to allow the truck arm to operate efficiently and safely.

• Residents are asked not to place brush at the curb more than one week prior to the scheduled pickup week to help maintain the cleanliness of our city.

• Limb diameter should be no larger than three inches at any point.

• Yard clippings and leaves must be in plastic bags. It should be noted that yard waste will be collected with the regularly scheduled refuse collection throughout the year.

• There is a limit of one truckload of material per residence. A truckload is defined as one pickup truck or approximately three feet high by four feet wide by eight feet long, approximately 100 cubic feet maximum.

• Crews will not pick up piles that have brush or limbs mixed with rubbish or trash.

• All materials must be in place no later than 7 a.m. on the Monday of their scheduled pickup week. Any materials put out after their scheduled pickup Monday may not be picked up.

Please note that the proposed schedule is a general guide and can vary considerably from the actual schedule due to weather conditions and/or the amount of participation by residents.

The brush pickup schedule can also be found on the cty’s website OakRidgeTN.gov/brushpickup. For more information, please contact Waste Connections of Tennessee at (865) 482-3656.

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Week 1: May 5-9 (Street name listings include all side streets): Tempura Drive, Tusculum Drive, Valley Forge Drive, Tiffin Drive, Tuskegee Drive Extension, Valparaiso Road; SUBDIVISIONS/NEIGHBORHOODS, Groves Park, Hendrix Creek Subdivision, Scarboro Neighborhood, Woodland Area

Week 2: May 12-16 (Street name listings include all side streets): Bay Path Drive, Briarcliff Avenue, Elmhurst Drive; SUBDIVISIONS/NEIGHBORHOODS, Emory Heights Subdivision, Emory Valley Subdivision, Riverbend Subdivision

Week 3: May 19-23 (Street name listings include all side streets): Alhambra Road, California Avenue, Marywater Lane, Albany Road, Center Park Lane, Marywood Court, Alger Road, Delaware Avenue, Outer Drive (California-Michigan), Arcadia Lane and Place, East Drive, Palisades Parkway, Arkansas Avenue, Florida Avenue, Park Meade Drive, Athens Road, Georgia Avenue, Tennessee Avenue, East; SUBDIVISIONS/NEIGHBORHOODS, Harbour Pointe, Rivers Run Subdivision, Rivers Subdivision.

Week 4: May 26-30 (Street name listings include all side streets): Kentucky Avenue, Outer Drive, (Michigan-Pennsylvania) Tulane Avenue North, Michigan Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, Utah Avenue, New York Avenue, Tennessee Avenue, West Vermont Avenue

Week 5: June 2-6 (Street name listings include all side streets): Henley Place, Hillside Road, Ivanhoe Road, Henley Road, Illinois Avenue North, Raleigh Road, Highland Avenue Iroquois Road, Robertsville Road (between Jefferson Avenue and Highland Avenue), West Outer Drive (between N. Illinois Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue)

Week 6: June 9-13 (Street name listings include all side streets): Bermuda Road, Latimer Road, Mississippi Avenue, Bradley Avenue, Lancaster Road, Morningside Drive, Jefferson Avenue, Lansing Road, Salem Road, Jefferson Circle, LaSalle Road, Seneca Rd (North & South), Johnson Road, Louisiana Avenue, Sheridan Circle and Place, Robertsville Rd (between Melbourne Road and Jefferson Avenue), West Outer Drive (between N. Illinois Avenue and Montana Ave)

Week 7: June 16-20 (Street name listings include all side streets): Golfcrest Lane, Netherlands Road, Southwood Ln (East & West), Grandcove Lane, New Bedford Lane, Westover Drive, Greenwood Lane, Newell Lane, Whippoorwill Drive, Montana Avenue, Newhaven Road, Wildwood Drive, Monticello Road, Newport Drive, William Lane, Miramar Circle, Newridge Road, Wiltshire Drive, Montclair Road, Normandy Road, Winchester Circle, Nebraska Avenue, Oklahoma Avenue, Windham Road, West Outer Drive (between Montana Avenue and the West End); SUBDIVISIONS/NEIGHBORHOODS, Country Club Estates, Jackson Crossing, Preserve at Clinch River, Forest Creek Village

Week 8: June 23-27: Catchup days.

This article originally appeared on Oakridger: Oak Ridge Brush Pickup program begins Monday, May 5