Health & Environment Transportation

Street Sweeping Resumes in the North End on March 1, 2012

Update: Due to the adverse weather forecast, street sweeping on March 1, 2012 has been canceled and will resume on Tuesday, March 6th. Don’t get towed! Mechanical street sweeping resumes in the North End in March 2012. Details below from the Public Works Department. Sweeping in the North End and South End has been expanded Read More…

Health & Environment Transportation

Reminder: North End Parking Enforcement for Street Sweeping Starts March 15th

Reminder: After a 2 week warning period, the City will start parking enforcement for the posted street sweeping program in the North End on March 15, 2011. “The Public Works Department wants to ensure that the streets are clean but we don’t want to have to ticket or tow residents of the North End to Read More…

Health & Environment Transportation

North End Street Sweeping Cancelled for Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The Mayor’s Office and Department of Public Works have announced that North End Street Sweeping is cancelled for Tuesday, December 21, 2010 due to adverse weather conditions. Residents do not need to move their cars. This cancellation applies to the pilot program in the North End that extended street sweeping through the end of December Read More…

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Extended Street Sweeping Enforcement Begins December 14th

As broadcast on these Commercial Street electronic signs, the Department of Public Works is telling North End residents that it will start ticketing and towing cars that are not moved on street cleaning days, starting December 14th. The notice is part of the expanded pilot program which continued mechanical street sweeping into December. For the Read More…

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Reminder: North End Street Sweeping Runs Through December

Important update: Please note that Public Works has changed the time when they would make a decision on cancellations for Pilot Street Sweeping. Originally they were looking at approximately 9:00PM on the evening prior to scheduled sweeping in order to get the more up-to-date forecast.  However, Commissioner wants to give residents more time to move Read More…

Health & Environment

Public Works Compromises On Plan for Year-Round Street Sweeping

  Public Works Department Commissioner, Joanne Massaro, and Asst. Commissioner, Frank O’Brien. “I have heard enough push back from residents to have developed a compromise,” said Public Works Commissioner Joanne Massaro as she introduced a major modification to the previously proposed year-round mechanical street cleaning pilot program in the North End. Instead of continuing mechanical Read More…

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Clean Streets Committee Talks Year-Round Street Sweeping (Again)

In the face of continuing skepticism by residents, Frank O’Brien from the Department of Public Works (DPW) led the second neighborhood meeting regarding winter street sweeping. Starting December 1st, mechanical street sweeping is scheduled to continue in the North End through the winter instead of being halted until April. This forum was held at the Read More…