Street Sweeping on Municipal Roads

City crews and contractors will begin street sweeping in the Ramsey Lake Watershed and high-risk drainage areas, as well as sidewalks in high pedestrian traffic areas the week of April 8. Street sweeping operations are expected to expand city-wide by mid-April.

Crews work as quickly as possible to clean up over 3,000 kilometres of roadway in the spring including walkways, medians, boulevards, sidewalks, bridges and roads in a priority manner. Roads within the Ramsey Lake drinking water source protection areas are swept at the highest priority followed by major roads in business centres and high traffic areas.

All municipally maintained paved roads, including bridges and bike lanes are swept each spring. Sidewalks and walkways plowed and sanded during the winter are swept, as well as hard-surfaced boulevards and medians.

It typically takes multiple passes to remove sand and debris and can sometimes take several days between the initial and final passes before a street is complete.

Some noise and dust is unavoidable during street sweeping. Leaves, lawn clippings and other debris should not be placed on roads or sidewalks. Sand from driveways and yards should be swept onto roads in a thin layer to avoid clogging street sweeping equipment.

As crews will be working around the clock, it is important to avoid parking on streets overnight and to remove basketball and hockey nets that may obstruct equipment.

Garbage, recycling and green carts should not be placed on roads and sidewalks. Instead, place containers in a visible area that does not interfere with the sweeping process.

Sweeping schedules and completed area updates will be posted Mondays on the City's website at www.greatersudbury.ca/streetsweeping and Facebook page at facebook.com/greatersudbury.

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