Get swept away with the City of Lethbridge’s annual residential street sweep.
As of Apr. 8, crews will be hitting the streets weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the next eight to 10 weeks, weather permitting.
Signs will be visible starting today to alert motorists of soon-to-be-swept areas.
Street sweepers pass through each neighbourhood to clean up debris that has settled since last year. The annual springtime program reduces dust and debris and collects sand from winter ice control to be recycled and reused for next winter.
“Lots of residents are really excited to have their street cleaned, but when vehicles are parked on the street, we can’t sweep those spots and our sweepers will not come back to those areas,” says Juliane Ruck, Transportation Operations manager.
‘No parking’ signs will be set up in neighbourhoods 24 hours before street sweeping begins. Vehicles parked on any street where signs are present may be ticketed.
To avoid being ticketed, residents are reminded to move their vehicles off the street before 7:30 a.m. during street sweeping days. Parking can resume after 4 p.m. daily, but vehicles must be moved again the next morning if signs are still present. Once the area is complete, signs will be removed, and on-street parking can fully resume.
Streets are scheduled for sweeping, but rain and high winds can cause delays. Residents can find out where the sweepers are and what zones have been completed with the Live Street Sweeping Map.
To support sweeping the entire city while minimizing traffic impacts, night sweeping is in effect for arterial roads, downtown and roads in the industrial area. Night sweeping continues Sundays to Thursdays during the next six to eight weeks.
Each spring, street sweeping crews clean thousands of tonnes of sand, dirt and other debris from roads in Lethbridge. Sweeping helps to prevent that material from being washed into the Oldman River via the City’s storm sewer system.
It also reduces dust and improves conditions for cycling, walking and driving. Collected sand from winter ice control is reconditioned and reused in the following year’s sanding operations. Residual waste material is disposed of in the landfill.
For more information visit online at lethbridge.ca/StreetSweeping.
