When will my leaves be collected?

Leaf collection began on Monday, November 2nd. City crews started working on Clifton and Lake. Once they are finished collecting on Clifton and Lake, they will start citywide collection beginning at the west end of the city and working east.

You can find a daily update of the leaf collection schedule at http://www.onelakewood.com/leafcollection. Check back each day to see where the crews are in the city and how close they are to your street.

Residents are reminded to rake leaves onto tree lawns as close to the curb as possible. Raking leaves into the street will slow the collection process and may cause basement flooding. Please do not bag leaves during the Fall Leaf Collection, just place them on your tree lawn.

Leaf collection will continue until approximately December 11th, weather permitting. The number of citywide collections will be weather dependent. Residents are encouraged to place their leaves out as soon as possible to ensure collection.

Leaf Pickup Begins

The City of Lakewood will begin collecting loose leaves on Monday, November 2, 2009 and will continue until approximately December 11, 2009, weather permitting. Starting Monday, residents don’t have to bag loose leaves – just leave them on the curb (not in the street) and city crews will pick them up.

Because there are TONS of leaves on Clifton Boulevard and Lake Avenue (we love those old, huge trees), those streets will be collected separately. Collection crews will start working at the east end of Clifton Boulevard and Lake Avenue and work west until completed. After crews have completed Clifton and Lake, they will collect leaves citywide starting from the west end and working east.

The number of citywide collection trips depends on the weather, so please place your leaves out as soon as possible to avoid missing your collection. Additional pick-ups begin for Clifton and Lake again on November 16 and November 30. There will be no collection on November 26 and November 27 because of Thanksgiving.

Lakewood Resurfacing More Streets This Year

Public Works Director Joe Beno, Engineering Division Manager Bill Corrigan and Mayor FitzGerald look at plans on Bunts Road.

As you drive through Lakewood, you may have noticed that there is a lot of road construction occurring all over the city. In fact, there are more streets being resurfaced this year than there have been in any of the last 20 years. The City will be resurfacing over 7.5 miles of street, which is more than triple the average done in recent years.



Twenty-two streets are scheduled to be resurfaced during the 2009 construction season. The list of streets to be repaved include:

Alameda Avenue (Madison to Franklin)
Brockley Avenue (Clifton to Lake)
Concord Avenue (Marginal to Hilliard)
Cordova Avenue (Madison to Detroit)
Delaware Avenue (Lincoln to Brown)
Detroit Ext. (Detroit to End)
Esther Avenue (Alger to Mars)
Gladys Avenue (Detroit to Clifton)
Glenbury Avenue (Delaware to Hilliard)
Graber Drive (Detroit to Riverside)
Gridley Street (Detroit to End)
Kenilworth Avenue (Detroit to Sloane)
Marlowe Avenue (Franklin to Madison)
Orchard Grove (Madison to Detroit)
Park Place (Orchard Grove to Rosewood)
Phelps Avenue (Detroit to Sloane)
Riverway Avenue (Riverside to McKinley)
Spring Garden (Madison to Detroit)
Summit Avenue (Detroit to Clifton)
Thoreau Avenue (RR Tracks to Clifton)
Webb Road (Detroit to Lake)

In addition to these streets, Bunts Road from Lakewood Heights Boulevard to Clifton Boulevard is undergoing a water main replacement and street resurfacing project.

All of these projects are being done at no charge to property owners. They are being funded through Federal CDBG grant funds and Capital Improvement funds. The Bunts Road project is being funded by Lakewood’s Water and Capital Funds, Federal CDBG funds, the Cuyahoga County Engineer and by an Ohio Public Works Commission grant.

These projects represent the City of Lakewood’s continued commitment to infrastructure improvements. If you have any questions about any of these projects, contact the Division of Engineering at 216-529-6692.