City Community Updates

Please see the important construction updates for the West Main/Grant street project.

• Sidewalk curb ramps on Grant Street at the intersections with Cunningham, Carr, Yamhill, and Park Streets will be upgraded to current standards. No road closures are associated with this work.
• Grant St between Cunningham and Yamhill Streets will be regraded and prepared for permanent paving. Individual blocks will be closed to through traffic while grading occurs.
• On Friday 4/3, paving activities will be underway for the north lane of Main Street between Cunningham and Yamhill Streets. Existing pavement will be milled down by two inches before final pavement is installed. Paving is expected to be complete for this section in one day. During paving, flaggers will limit traffic to a single lane.
• Starting the morning of Monday 4/6, paving activities will be underway for Grant Street between Cunningham and Pine Streets. Existing pavement will be milled down by two inches before final pavement is installed. Paving is expected to be complete for this section in one day. During paving, flaggers will limit traffic to a single lane.
• Starting the evening of Monday 4/6, Lawson’s subcontractor Iron Horse will be lining sewer pipes in the downtown area. This will be night work, lasting for 4 to 5 nights, with working hours between 7pm and 5am. A detour will be in place for southbound traffic on Hwy 47, with vehicles detoured onto W Madison Street, rejoining Hwy 47 at the intersection of Main St and Pine Street. Flaggers will control traffic. Northbound traffic on Hwy 47 will not be detoured.

Updates on this project are posted every week to 10 days depending on construction progress. These updates are available on our social media pages, Instagram (cityofcarltonoregon) and Facebook (City of Carlton- Local Government). Details are also available on our city website here.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we work to make our city infrastructure stronger for the future. 

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Celebrate Earth Day & Help Make Carlton Beautiful!

The City of Carlton is continuing its Clean-up program aimed at helping property owners dispose of Trash, Green Waste, Electronics and Scrap Metal.
This program is only available to residents living in the City limits of Carlton, in partnership with Recology of Western Oregon.

When: Saturday, April 25, 2026
From 9 a.m.— 12 p.m. (NOTICE: Event will end before Noon if dumpsters get filled prior to advertised end time.)
Where: At Wennerberg Park

Clean up days are part of an effort by the City to offer Carlton residents and opportunity to alleviate unwanted trash and other items from their property for no cost while avoiding any code infractions. The free cleanup day is offered on April 25, 2026.

After April 25th, the City will be actively increasing code enforcement efforts, sending notices of violations and following up with the issuance of citations (if violations are not remedied).

Items NOT accepted include: hazardous waste, appliances, medical waste, batteries, paint, tires, liquid waste, motor oil, cooking oil, barrels that do not have both ends removed and construction/remodeling debris.