Fort Wayne leaf collection to start October 22

Crews will pick up leaves in Fort Wayne until the early part of December and as in past years they will visit each neighborhood twice.

The leaf pick up schedule will be as follows:

Central Fort Wayne:  October 22-26 and November 12-16

South Fort Wayne: October 29-November 2 and November 26-30

North Fort Wayne: November 5-9 and December 3-7

The shortened week of Thanksgiving, November 19-23, 2012 will be a catch-up week.

You can see a map of the three areas by clicking here.

Residents are asked to abide by the following guidelines: 

• Rake leaves to the park strip area, not into the street, or put them in biodegradable yard waste bags and set the bags at the curb for collection.
• The planned schedule may change due to inclement weather or if the volume of leaf pick-up in a particular week requires more time in the area. Please visit the City's website during leaf season at www.cityoffortwayne.org/leaves or call the Leaf Hotline at 427-2302 for locations of where crews will be picking up leaves each day.
• If you use biodegradable bags, call 3-1-1 (or 427-8311), for pick-up within two business days

Burning leaves inside the city limits is illegal and violators will be fined.