Mayor Menino Reminds Residents: Neighborhood Street Cleaning Begins April 1
City continues to implement changes to better coincide sweeping with trash and recycling pickup
Mayor
Thomas M. Menino today reminded residents that Boston’s Daytime
Neighborhood Street Cleaning Program will officially kick-off for the
season on April 1. This year, the Neighborhood Street Cleaning Program
has updated street sweeping days in many neighborhoods to better align
the sweeping schedule with trash and recycling days in an effort to
boost the impact of the City’s cleanup services and reduce neighborhood
trash and litter.
The new sweeping schedule and enforcement will begin citywide on April 1.
Weather permitting, extended street sweeping began for the North End, South End and Beacon Hill on March 1.
“Keeping
Boston’s neighborhoods clean is a top priority of mine, as well as our
residents,” Mayor Menino said. “These schedule changes will allow us to
clean streets in a way that improves our operations and maximizes the
benefits of sweeping. I look forward to seeing our neighborhoods shine
once again this spring.”
Effective
April 1, the Public Works Department will implement a new schedule of
street sweeping days to align with trash collection for some portions of
Jamaica Plain and most of the Dorchester and Mission Hill neighborhoods. This
effort will provide cleaner streets and a reduction in rodent food
sources. The Boston Transportation Department has replaced or added
approximately 6,500 signs in the three neighborhoods.
Residents are encouraged to sign up for the City of Boston’s
No-Tow automated
alert system that emails users a reminder to move their cars the night
before their street is swept so they are not towed.
No-Tow registration and comprehensive street sweeping schedule information is available at:
www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/sweeping. Residents can also call the Mayor’s Hotline at 617-635-4500 for sweeping information.
The extended
program
in Beacon Hill includes an expansion into March and December and onto
the fifth week of each month, at the request of the neighborhood. By
moving the sweeping day to follow trash collection more closely, the new
schedule will alleviate litter generated from this collection in a more
timely and effective manner.
The Daytime Neighborhood
Street Cleaning Program is a cooperative effort of the Mayor's Office,
the Public Works Department, the Transportation Department, and the
Department of Innovation and Technology. Neighborhood streets
throughout the city will be swept clean on a rotating schedule each week
through November 30th. Vehicles are required to be moved in accordance
with the posted Street Cleaning regulations. Since parked vehicles
prohibit the equipment from getting to the curb, the street cleaning
parking regulations are strictly enforced. Vehicles parked in violation
of the posted regulations are subject to a $40 ticket as well as
towing. All towing for street cleaning violations is conducted by
private tow operators at the sole expense of the vehicle owner.
Additional tips for residents:
· Signs for both day and night sweeping are posted in your neighborhood,
a minimum of one per block, and indicate the days and hours that
parking is not allowed. Residential streets are typically swept during
the day program. Main arterials and the downtown areas are swept in the
night program.
· PWD has changed the 2013 posted days/hours for many residential streets to provide more effective street sweeping. It is important to note the posted signs in your immediate neighborhood since they may have changed since last season.
· The night posted restrictions in all neighborhoods are in effect year round with the exceptions of weather-related cancellations.
· The Daytime Neighborhood Street Cleaning Program runs
from April 1 through November 30, except in Beacon Hill, North End and
South End which have been extended into December and March by
neighborhood request.
· Both the night and day sweeping programs will be enforced, which includes fines for illegal parking as well as towing.
· Comprehensive street sweeping information can be found at www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/sweeping.
You can also register for posted street sweeping electronic reminders
and cancellations by accessing the NO-TOW link at that web site.
Inquiries can also be directed to the Mayor’s 24-Hour Service at
61-635-4500.
