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  • Final Week for Food Scraps Composting at Farmers’ Markets

    This is the final week for you to bring scraps to a farmers’ market drop-off site.The sites will accept pumpkins, pumpkin innards from your carved jack-o-lanterns, coffee grounds, eggshells, and other husks, peelings, and so on from fruits and…

  • Overnight Closures Scheduled for Northbound John Nolen Drive Next Week

    Beginning Monday night, October 27, the northbound lanes of John Nolen Drive will be closed overnight between Olin Avenue and North Shore Drive to accommodate storm sewer installation work. The nightly closures will occur from 7pm to 6am for…

  • Food Scraps Recycling at Farmers’ Markets Ends November 1, 2025

    You are running out of time to bring food scraps to a farmers’ market drop-off site.We are also short on time to reach the food scraps drop-off goal for this season.Food Scraps Drop-off Opportunities at Farmers’ MarketsHere are the locations…

  • Packers Avenue Closure for Railroad Crossing Replacement Begins October 27

    Starting at 6:00am on Monday, October 27, Packers Avenue (STH 113) will be closed to all traffic at the railroad tracks just north of International Lane to allow CPKC Railroad to replace the deteriorating railroad crossing.The closure is expected to…

  • Urban Forestry Planting 850 Trees in Fall 2025

    Urban Forestry’s fall planting season will begin on Monday, October 20, 2025.Crews will be planting approximately 850 trees from 28 different species along City of Madison streets. Planting is a team effort that takes a significant amount of Urban…

  • Capital City Trail Storm Sewer Replacement Project Update

    Storm sewer work that will temporarily close the intersection of S Paterson Street at the Capital City Trail path will begin on Wednesday, October 15th. Work in this area will last for approximately 1 week.The currently closed section of the Capital…

  • Road Closure for Tree Planting

    Starting at 9am on October 15, City of Madison Forestry will begin grinding tree stumps and planting new trees at 2903 Packers Ave. This work is expected to take 3 hours. 

  • John Nolen Drive Reconstruction Begins Monday, October 13

    Reconstruction of John Nolen Drive will begin on Monday, October 13. During construction, traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Lakeside Street and Broom Street. North Shore Drive and Broom Street will also be reduced to one…

  • Update - Nakoma Road Sidewalk Project

    The Nakoma Road Sidewalk Project, which began August 27, is progressing as anticipated. The closure of the impacted intersection of Cherokee Drive at Nakoma Road will continue until the week of October 27th as the culvert installation concludes,…

  • Fall Leaf Collection Begins Week of October 5; Get Your Home’s Set Out Dates from Yard Waste Website

    For some neighborhoods, the Streets Division’s fall leaf and yard waste pickup begins the week of October 5, 2025.Different neighborhoods have different set-out dates.You need to check the yard waste website to learn the set-out dates for your home…

  • Brush Collection Over for 2025; All Brush Set-out Dates Have Passed

    All brush collection set out dates for City of Madison residents have passed.Do not set out brush for pickup after your set out date.There are no more guaranteed brush collection opportunities this year.Guaranteed curbside brush pickup from the…

  • Meet the Finalists Selected for Public Art at the Imagination Center at Reindahl Park

    The City of Madison has invited four finalists to propose designs for the public art planned for the Imagination Center at Reindahl Park, and you have a chance to meet them.

  • Get a Sneak Peek at Student-Inspired Public Art at Warner Park Community Recreation Center

    The Warner Park Community Recreation Center (WPCRC) and the Madison Arts Commission (MAC) are inviting the community to a Public Art Preview to see draft designs for a proposed public art installation at the expanded facility.

  • Project Update - Capital City Trail Storm Sewer Replacement

    Starting Monday, September 22nd, the Capital City Trail Sewer Replacement Project will begin with a full closure of the bike path from S Blount Street to S Brearly Street. 

  • Road Closure — Mid Town Road

    Starting Wednesday, September 17th at 7:00am, Parisi Construction will close Mid Town Road, between the Marty Road/Mid Town Road intersection to the S Gammon/Mid Town Road intersection, to facilitate a City of Madison water main installation…

  • 30,000 Pounds of Food Scraps Composted at Farmers’ Markets: Closing in on 2025 Food Scraps Recycling Goal

    The City of Madison Streets Division is happy to announce that we have collected 30,177 pounds of food scraps for composing at our three farmers’ market drop-off sites.In 2025, our goal is to collect 40,000 pounds of food scraps for composting. That…

  • Project Update: Capital City Trail Storm Sewer Replacement

    Contractors are postponing the start of the Capital City Trail Storm Sewer project and path closure in an effort to limit path closures as additional planning for path clearing and signing are being developed.Work is now anticipated to begin on…

  • New Downtown Park Debuts Thursday

    The community is invited to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, September 11, 2025, for the newly opened Capitol Centre Park. The redesigned and renovated courtyard space at Madison Senior Center, 330 W. Mifflin Street, is now a public…

  • Capital City Trail Storm Sewer Replacement Project

    Storm sewer work will begin Monday, September 8th closing the Capital City Trail Path, from S Blount Street to Brearly Street. Bicyclists and Pedestrians will be detoured to E Main Street for the duration of the project. Temporary removal of parking…

  • City of Madison Celebrates the Recommissioning of Well 15, New PFAS Treatment Facility

    Madison Water Utility’s drinking water well that was contaminated by PFAS is put back into service – Well 15 on Madison’s northeast side.

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