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The second phase of Mechanical Street Cleaning, the Streets Department’s pilot program that launched in 2019, is currently underway. The 2022 program is scheduled to begin on April 4th and will include mechanical sweeping on select routes in West and Southwest Philadelphia:

• Parkside to Spring Garden from 52nd to 40th (see map)

• Woodland to Kingsessing from 49th to Cemetery (see map)

Mechanical street cleaning utilizes trucks with mechanical brooms sweeping street debris (see photo). In addition, Streets Department staff will clean some routes with backpack blowers and hand brooms. Sanitation officers may issue sanitation code violations related to litter and dumping as part of this program.

The pilot will operate in 14 neighborhoods, selected through the Litter Index as the areas with the highest concentration of litter.

Mechanical street cleaning in the designated areas will take place weekly Monday through Thursday, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., from April through November. Residents in theses areas are asked to follow posted “no parking” signs.

For more information, visit the Streets Department website. A virtual information session will be held tonight at 6 p.m.:

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/join
Zoom meeting ID: 836 7765 6475
Passcode: 127032
Connect by phone: (267) 831-0333