#AskJAXTDY | When will the city replace Five Points trash cans?

Q: Jacksonville Today reader Stacy K. is waiting for the city to replace trash cans in the Five Points area.

“Y’all reported on this a bit ago and (I) hoped to see some changes, but the old ones are still causing issues in the area,” Stacy says.

A: City Council member Jimmy Peluso filed legislation to allocate $50,000 in city funds to buy 21 trash cans for the Edgewood Avenue Business Corridor and Five Points area. The 50-gallon enclosed cans would come from Bigbelly Solar.

The bill was deferred in August in three City Council committees, but the committees recommended it for approval in early September. The bill will be up for a final council vote Tuesday, Peluso says.

A recent stroll down Park Street and Five Points finds a number of the Bigbelly receptacles already there. Peluso and city officials say the 5 Points Merchants Association and Riverside Avondale Preservation purchased and installed those cans.

The bill coming before City Council will pay for a few more in the Five Points area, as well as 11 along Edgewood Avenue, Peluso says.

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