(La Porte, IN) - Leaf pick up begins Monday in the City of La Porte.  Code Enforcement and Streets Director Jeff Batchelor says the plan is to make multiple passes in neighborhoods until all of the leaves are picked up over the next several weeks

“This will be our first round of picking up all of the leaves. We’ll actually do two more rounds but we want to get started early.  So, get them out by the curb and we’ll pick them up,” he said.

Batchelor said crews will work 10 hour days.  When the second round of pick-up begins will be decided by how fast the trees are shedding their leaves.

“It just depends on how quick the leaves fall down,” he said.

Mayor Tom Dermody said the goal is the for city to be as free of leaves as possible.

“We want to be spotless with leaves,” he said.