Public Works

Paving work along stretches of Santa Margarita Parkway takes place through Monday, resulting in lane closures and traffic delays. This street-improvement project, which began today, will help extend the life of the busy arterial street.

Residents of the City of Mission Viejo will soon be able to recycle their food scraps and yard/green waste together! Starting January 1, 2022, residents should begin placing food scraps, such as fruit and vegetable trimmings, eggshells, pasta, grains, coffee grounds, leftover inedible food, and expired food, along with their garden trimmings into the green-lidded container provided by the City's waste hauler, Waste Management of Orange County. The materials will be collected on the same day as your trash and recycling containers, and they will be brought to a facility to be composted.

Residents of the City of Mission Viejo will soon be able to recycle their food scraps and yard/green waste together! Starting January 1, 2022, residents should begin placing food scraps, such as fruit and vegetable trimmings, eggshells, pasta, grains, coffee grounds, leftover inedible food, and expired food, along with their garden trimmings into the green-lidded container provided by the City's waste hauler, Waste Management of Orange County. The materials will be collected on the same day as your trash and recycling containers, and they will be brought to a facility to be composted.

Residents of the City of Mission Viejo will soon be able to recycle their food scraps and yard/green waste together! Starting January 1, 2022, residents should begin placing food scraps, such as fruit and vegetable trimmings, eggshells, pasta, grains, coffee grounds, leftover inedible food, and expired food, along with their garden trimmings into the green-lidded container provided by the City's waste hauler, Waste Management of Orange County. The materials will be collected on the same day as your trash and recycling containers, and they will be brought to a facility to be composted.

Over the next two months, Mission Viejo residents will receive a packet from Waste Management detailing information on new waste collection containers and the new food waste recycling program.

Mission Viejo residents and businesses can destroy their sensitive documents during the free drive-through Document Shredding event on Saturday, October 2.

Hosted by Waste Management and the City's Public Works Department, the event is from 9 to 11 am (or until truck capacity is reached) in the Mission Viejo City Hall parking lot at 200 Civic Center.

The demolition of the east side of the Los Alisos bridge will require closure of the I-5 freeway in both directions between El Toro and Alicia on Saturday, August 28 from 8 pm until 6 am Sunday, August 29, according to the Orange County Transportation Authority. 

The City's Traffic Committee on Friday, August 13 will consider a "No Right Turn on Red" restriction for La Paz Road at Olympiad and Felipe roads. 

The meeting starts at 2 pm in Saddleback Room 2 at Mission Viejo City Hall, 200 Civic Center. 

Residents can speak about the item or submit a written comment by email to publicworks@cityofmissionviejo.org if unable to attend the meeting. 

For more information, call 949-470-3056.

The MV Shuttle will resume service to the community on Monday, August 16.

The convenient free service - from the Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo Metrolink train station to Lake Mission Viejo and many places in between - takes you to several locations in town. 

Hop aboard the shuttle to get to The Shops at Mission Viejo, Mission Hospital, Saddleback College, Capistrano Valley High School, Norman P. Murray Community Center, City Hall/Library, YMCA/Marguerite Aquatics/Tennis Pavilion, and other locations.

Mission Viejo residents can dispose of sharps waste and unwanted medications in the secure drop boxes inside the lobby at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior, 24932 Veterans Way.