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On Saturday, February 28, from 7 am to 9 am, Ideal Crane will close Midland Street, between Fish Hatchery Road and South Street, for equipment removal at 1211 Fish Hatchery Road. Pedestrian access will remain open on the north side of Midland…

Beginning at 7:00 am on Monday, February 23rd, R.G. Huston Co. will resume construction on the E. Main Street and S. Hancock Street reconstruction project started in 2025. Concurrent with this work, utility companies will continue replacing…

Members of the community are invited to provide feedback on the proposed designs and hear from the artists at an upcoming community meeting.

The City of Madison and the Madison Arts Commission are seeking community feedback on a design proposal by The Milligan Studio for the Far West Operations Facility at 402 South Point Road.

The City of Madison Engineering Division is proud to announce the Madison Public Market Facility has achieved LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The Madison Public Market, which will be located at 202 N. First Street…

The City of Madison, the Madison Arts Commission, and the Bubbler at Madison Public Library are seeking community feedback on design proposals for public art at the Imagination Center at Reindahl Park.

The Madison Common Council will hold a discussion on Violence Prevention on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Room 215 of the Madison Municipal Building. This event will feature presentations from several City agencies,…

The community is invited to a ribbon cutting and winter celebration at Door Creek Park on Sunday, February 1. Festivities begin with City leaders, partners and friends joining in a brief program and ribbon cutting at 10:00am.

The City of Madison Engineering Division is proud to take part in Wisconsin Salt Week, Jan. 26-30, 2026, and invites the community to join in on the community educational opportunities to learn how to responsibly use salt and minimize salt use. 

A sanitary sewer is back in working order after City crews quickly cleaned up an overflow on the City’s south side.

The Streets Division drop-off sites will be closed on Friday, January 23, 2026, due to the extreme cold weather forecast.We apologize for the inconvenience. The drop-off sites will reopen on Monday, January 26, 2026, for their normal posted…

Frigid temperatures are a good reminder for home and business owners to make sure their water pipes are protected from freezing or bursting.

Citywide snowplowing will begin at midnight, 12:00am January 17, 2026. The initial plowing pass takes approximately 12 to 14 hours to complete.Additional details about the plowing operation is available on the Snow Plowing Update for this…

The City of Madison has raised its green building requirements for all City-owned facilities.

From Friday, January 16, to Sunday, January 18, N Bassett Street will close, between W Johnson Street and W Dayton Street, by Findorff to dismantle a tower crane for a private development project. 

Madison Parks, in partnership with Dane County Parks, is offering a permit-free weekend on Saturday and Sunday, January 17 and 18, 2026. Activities typically requiring a permit are free to use this weekend! Dogs in Parks In addition to the…

There will be no trash, recycling, large item pickup by the Streets Division on Monday, January 19, 2026, in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr holiday.The drop-off sites and Streets Division offices will also be closed.

From Monday, January 12 to Friday, January 16, N Lake Street will close between University Avenue and State Street by Mortenson Construction to dismantle a tower crane.

There will be no Streets Division collections performed on both Wednesday, December 31, 2025, and Thursday, January 1, 2026, in observance of the New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day holidays.The drop-off sites will also be closed on these two days.…