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Âé¶čAV’s street sweep cleaning hundreds of kilometres of roads, lanes, sidewalks

Crews will sweep 2,100 lane kilometres, 390 kilometres of bike lanes, 440 kilometres of sidewalks
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Street sweeper. (Annie Barker /Black Press file photo)

Weather permitting, street sweeping in Âé¶čAV should be completed by mid-May.

Crews are expected to be out seven days a week, 20 hours a day sweeping more than 2,100 lane kilometres, 390 kilometres of bike lanes, 440 kilometres of sidewalks and 35,000 square metres of medians. 

“We have seven large road sweepers, six municipal tractors, three water trucks, two dump trucks, two dedicated sidewalk sweepers and 40 staff working on this year’s annual sweep,” said Andrew Schwerdtfeger, roadways operations manager. 

Progress and route priorities are published weekly on the . Signage restricting on-street parking will be placed at least 24 hours before an area is scheduled to be swept.

Residents can help by moving vehicles off the road as well as items such as basketball hoops.



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