Due to adverse weather forecast—posted sweeping for Thursday, March 1, 2012 in the North End is cancelled. NO-TOW notifications will be going out. Mechanical sweeping will resume next week. More details.
Tag: Street Sweeping
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…
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…
Impromtu North End Clean-up Day on Friday, Feb. 18
A Snow Hill St. resident, Jennifer McGivern, has a message for everyone to get out and do a little street clean-up: “As the snow started melting in the North End, it uncovered __________.” I saw a discarded toilet start to peek out of a snow drift today and I’m sure you all have colorful examples Read More…
Street Sweeping for North End Pilot Program Resumes March 1st
For more information, see http://www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/sweeping/
North End Street Sweeping Cancelled For Thursday, December 23
Public Works has announced that street sweeping for the North End Pilot Program has been cancelled for: Thursday December 23, 2010. Residents do not need to move their cars.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…