The City of Shreveport will close offices Thursday, August 26, 2020, in preparation for Hurricane Laura. Emergency and essential personnel will be working through the storm.
The Police and Fire departments have additional staff ready to serve in the event of weather emergencies.
SporTran will halt all transit for Thursday.
Public Works will also suspend recycling, trash collection and landfill operations on Thursday and is expected to resume operations on Friday morning, weather permitting. Thursday’s scheduled trash collection will be picked up on Friday. Friday’s collection will move to Saturday.
Citizens are encouraged not to put trash containers out until after the storm has passed. Everyone is encouraged to make every effort to secure garbage and recycling cans to prevent them from causing damage to property.
For questions about the trash schedule, please call 318-673-6300. For questions about drainage or to report a downed tree on City right of way, please call 318- 673-6330 or 6331.