Watch for signs to pop up in your Calgary community asking you to move your vehicles off the road to make room for street sweepers.
They officially roll onto the roads Monday April 13th, 2015 for the annual spring clean-up, weather permitting.
You can check out the 2015 Spring Clean-up schedule online through the City’s interactive map.
A few have already started cleaning to take advantage of the great weather this week.
The City says sweepers will clean gravel off 15,000 lane kilometres of roadway by the time they finish, just before Stampede.
Sweeping reduces the amount of gravel, dust and rocks that would get washed into the storm sewer system, and makes roads and major sidewalks and boulevards safer.
The City is asking Calgarians to pitch in and sweep up debris missed because a car has not been moved, and recommends:
- When cleaning up gravel, dust, rocks and other debris put all materials into a garbage bag and double bag it. This will help keep the air free of dust and keep garbage collection vehicles clean
- Rocks and other material may be heavy and need to be double-bagged to avoid punctures and rips in the bags
- For your garbage collector’s safety, make sure your bags are not overweight (less than 20 kg) and place all debris inside your black cart for removal
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