Hillsborough County Announces July 4 Closings

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL -- Hillsborough County offices and most facilities will be closed Wednesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day.

Conservation parks will be open.

There will be no solid waste collection (including garbage, recyclables, and yard waste) in the unincorporated Hillsborough County service area, which also includes Tampa Palms, Hunter’s Green and New Tampa. For customers whose collection day falls on Wednesday, normal service will resume on the next scheduled day for pickup of those items.

Hillsborough County facilities that will be closed on July 4 include:

• The administrative offices of county government
• The Southeast County Landfill, Northwest and South County transfer stations, Resource Recovery Facility, community collection centers and yard waste processing facilities
• All County recreation centers and skate parks
• The Pet Resource Center. A limited number of animal safety and enforcement officers will be on call for emergencies only.
• Hillsborough County’s Customer Service Center
• The Center for Development Services
• All Social Services Community Resource Centers, county-operated Head Start/Early Head Start Centers, and senior centers and nutrition sites
• The Sunshine Line transportation service
• The Public Utilities Department customer service centers in Northdale and Brandon. Emergency calls regarding county water and wastewater service may be made to (813) 744-5600.

Image via Patch