The impact of the ice storm is extensive across the City of Barrie, resulting in power outages, unsafe road conditions, fallen trees and hydro lines, as well as damage to infrastructure. Up-to-date information about all impacted City services continues to be available at barrie.ca/IceStorm.
For your safety, the City reminds residents to please stay out of City parks, be careful walking near or under trees, and refrain from attempting cleanup on your property at this time. There will be a long cleanup ahead.
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Curbside Collection Service Impacts
Curbside collection of garbage, recycling, and organics will not occur tomorrow, Monday, March 31. At this time, collection is pushed one day for the remainder of the week, but please note that collection trucks may not be able to access all roads/properties. Up-to-date information on all service impacts will continue to be available at barrie.ca/IceStorm.
Ongoing Cleanup Information
- City cleanup crews are active across Barrie prioritizing clearing trees from roads and then moving to parks, clearing brush from City-owned trees in priority/safety order.
- The City of Barrie landfill will waive residential brush tipping fees until Friday, May 2 to support storm cleanup. The landfill is located at 272 Ferndale Drive North and is open Tuesday to Saturday,
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information about the landfill, visit barrie.ca/landfill. - Curbside yard waste collection is scheduled to start on Monday, April 7. The City is closely monitoring the situation and will post any yard waste collection schedule updates to barrie.ca/YardWasteCollection.
Please note that residents are responsible for damage done to trees on their private property. To report any downed trees on City property that should be addressed urgently before Monday, call Service Barrie at 705-726-4242 and press zero. Non-urgent reports can be emailed to servicebarrie@barrie.ca, by using the City’s mobile app, or by calling 705-726-4242 during regular phone operational hours, 8:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. Please don't use social media to report service requests relating to the storm damage.
Please visit barrie.ca/IceStorm for up-to-date information about current impacts on City services and more.
