End of Holiday Schedule

With the holiday season here, some of us may have already shut down and are in official hibernation mode until the start of 2012. But the City of Laurel and Prince George's County offices are still kicking for the week, and many transportation services will be available throughout the holidays. Here's a summarized schedule for various offices and services in the county.

City offices are closed Monday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan. 2.

Refuse and Recycling will be collected by the city on the following dates:

•  Monday's refuse and recycling will be collected be on Tusday, December 27.
• Tuesday's refuse and recycling collection will be on Wednesday, December 28
• The next Residential Special Pickup and Yard Debris collection will be on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. 

You can schedule a Residential Special Pickup and Yard Debris Pickup by either e-mailing dpw@laurel.md.us or calling the Department of Public Works at 301-725-0088.

Prince George's County Government Offices

Closed Monday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan. 2.

County Schools

All Prince George’s County Public Schools, offices and centers will be closed from Thursday to Monday, Jan. 2, re-opening on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

County Department of Environmental Resources

Contact the Waste Management Division with questions: 301-952-7630

Operation will be suspended on Monday, Dec. 26 for the following facilities: Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill, Brown Station Road Public Convenience Center, Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site, Household Hazard Waste Acceptance Site, Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Center, and Prince George’s County Yard Waste Composting Facility.Trash collection in county contracted areas will not occur on Dec. 26, and will resume on the next regularly scheduled collection day. Recycling will operate on a normal schedule on Dec. 26.

County Bus

The Bus will operate the following routes on Monday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan. 2: Routes 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Express, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 21 Express, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 53.

The Bus routes 51, 51 Extended and 52, will not be in service on those days, but will return to normal operations on Tuesday, Dec. 27 and Tuesday, Jan. 3.

Metro Rail and Bus

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will operate extra afternoon trains on Friday, Dec. 23, and Friday, Dec. 30, for customers leaving work early for the holiday weekends.

Metrorail and Metrobus service will operate on regular weekend schedules on Saturday, Dec. 24; Sunday, Dec. 25; Saturday, Dec. 31; and Sunday, Jan. 1. (Metrorail will remain open until 3 a.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.)

Monday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan. 2, Metrorail will operate between 7 a.m. and midnight, and Metrobus service will operate on a Sunday schedule. No track work is scheduled on either weekend.