When Will Salem Sweep You Street?

From the Town of Salem:

September 6 2019

City of Salem Begins Fall Street Sweeping

Neighborhoods September 9-October 4; entrance corridors October -18

SALEM, MA – Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll today announced that fall street sweeping will begin in residential neighborhoods on Monday, September 9 through Friday, October 4 and continue on entrance corridors on Tuesday, October 8 through Thursday October 17.

Residential neighborhood street sweeping will continue to take place on both sides of the street on the same day. Sweeping will take place from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Each neighborhood route will be posted with temporary ‘No Parking/Tow Zone’ signs and parking will be prohibited between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Neighborhood streets are broken down into four zones. Sweep days are the next day after the regularly scheduled trash day. The City of Salem now has an online street sweeping tool and website to look up address and street-specific details about street sweeping. The website, www.salem.com/streetsweeping, includes a link to an easy to use map where residents can find out when their street sweeping dates are by looking up their address or clicking on their street. The website also features links to alternative parking locations for street sweeping days, and more.

On the map, clicking on a street displays the appropriate street sweeping days, no parking times, street information, and sweeping zone. Use the mouse’s scroll-wheel to zoom in and out and click and drag the map to navigate. There is an address locator in the top-left corner, along with a home button, a locate button, and full-screen button, and zoom buttons. When entering a specific address, after the address is found, click on the street to view the sweeping details.

The map also features several tools, all located on the left, purple colored tool bar.

The downtown district will be swept on Wednesday, September 18. Blowing will begin at 9:00 p.m. followed by street sweeping at 11:00 p.m. to approximately 3:00 a.m. The downtown area will be posted with ‘No Parking/Tow Zones’ signs, so please remove vehicles from the affected downtown streets so they will not be towed. Residents on the affected streets may park free of charge at the Museum Place Mall Garage from 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening to 8:00 a.m. Thursday morning, with proof of residency.

Entrance corridor sweeping will take place on Tuesday, October 8 through Thursday, October 17 between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Each corridor will be swept over a period of two consecutive days, alternating between the odd and even side of the streets. City workers will be utilizing blowers to clear corridor sidewalks of debris prior to the street sweeping. Each corridor will be posted with temporary ‘No Parking/Tow Zone’ signs and parking will be prohibited between the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.

Public Services Director David Knowlton stated, “Resident cooperation is vital to the success of this program. You must remove your cars from the street on your designated sweeping day. I encourage everyone to get the word out to their neighbors to remind them when the street sweeper is coming, so they remember to move their cars. The fewer cars on the street, the better we can clean.” Mr. Knowlton continued, “Our goal is to clean the streets, not to tow cars, so please park accordingly during scheduled street sweeping days.”

Residents will be able to use entrance corridor streets as alternative parking areas on the day of their neighborhood sweep. Entrance corridor streets are Boston St., Bridge St., Essex St. (from Boston St. to North/Summer St.), Lafayette St. (from Derby St. to Marblehead line), Loring Ave., and North St. Once a neighborhood street is swept, residents will be able to move their vehicles back onto their street. For a complete list of parking alternatives please visit www.salem.com/streetsweeping. Please remember if you choose to move your vehicle to an entrance corridor street that you must adhere to all current parking restrictions and metered rates on these entrance corridors, including “resident only” parking restrictions.

Certain weather conditions prohibit the use of the street sweepers: during moderate to heavy rainfall and extreme cold temperatures sweepers will not be able to operate. Weather cancellations will be posted on www.salem.com.

This press release was produced by the Town of Salem. The views expressed here are the author’s own.