Public Works

Special Note City Paving List 2023

 As roads are being paved it will be communicated through City social media sources a few days in advance of start dates. These are the roads to be paved: Caldwell Mill Road, Caldwell Mill Lane, Sterlingwood Drive, Old Leeds Circle, Lane Park Road, Dexter Avenue (Church St to Vine St) Carla Circle, Peachtree Street (Euclid to Dexter) Forest Glen Drive, Northcote Circle, Notrthcote Drive , North Woodridge Road (Sedley to circle) Oakdale Drive (Near City Limit) 

The Public Works Department is located in Cahaba Heights (3579 East Street, 35243).  The facility is situated across the street from Rathmell Sports Park.  There are forty-three (43) employees working out of this location Monday through Friday 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Mountain Brook’s Public Works Department is made up of several divisions:  Administrative Division, Right of Way and Traffic Division, Heavy Construction Division, Fleet Management Division, and Forestry Division. Together, these divisions work to preserve the historical beauty of the city.

Another responsibility of the Public Works Department is to coordinate with the City’s refuse contractor (Amwaste - effective October 1, 2022) to ensure that proper services are provided to Mountain Brook residents and merchants. After careful evaluation, the City has finalized negotiations with AmWaste for twice weekly curbside garbage, trash and recycling pickup (once weekly commingled with garbage).  Each household will receive a 95 gallon cart. Residents that wish to receive backdoor garbage pickup may contract for such service for an additional fee of approximately $9.85 plus $1.39 fuel surcharge($11.24) per month to be paid by residents directly to AmWaste quarterly in advance. For more information on garbage and leaf pickup click on the waste and leaf pickup schedules tab. Amwaste QR code below. The best way to report any need with Amwaste is to go to mtnbrook.org this is our home page. Scroll to the bottom and click the Amwaste truck. Note: If this is to report a miss trash and garbage pick-up the hours of operations run from 7:00am to 6:30pm. Please don't report as a miss until after 6:30pm.

Effective November 1, 2022:

Leaf Collections start on the First of November with Mountain Brook Public Works  handling collections. For Information regarding collections click the tab labeled Waste and Leaf Pick Up Schedules in the menu. Scroll to the bottom of this page to find several tabs with all information regarding leaf collection operations. Important: Please make sure that piles are free of other debris such as limbs,construction materials and rocks. These items will cause destruction of equipment. When these items are noticeably present piles will not be collected. Breakdowns will cause crews to get off schedule. Issues can be reported to the Action Center on the City Managers page or call Public Works Main Line  205-802-2390. Operation hours 6:00am-4:30pm. Messages should have the following information: name, address, return number, and issue being reported. 

Text The City of Mountain Brook

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