The city of Dallas will transition approximately 6,000 households with alleys to curbside trash pick up in February. But that affects significantly fewer people than in the initial proposal.
The latest proposal comes two years after the city rolled out a plan to phase out all alleyway trash service — which would have affected about 95,000 households. That plan was paused by a year after strong opposition by residents. An updated proposal would have phased out alley trash pickup for households with alleyway pavement nine feet wide or less and equipped with front driveways, impacting around 26,000 residents.
Residents impacted by the proposed plan spoke out during city council meetings for months and more than 13,000 people signed an online petition to keep their current trash system…