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2024 Fall Town-wide Sweep Information

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On Monday, October 28th, Arlington Public Works will be starting its fall town-wide street sweeping operations starting with the first route. Routes are generally swept in order, skipping routes on their trash collection day.  Sweeping will be conducted between the hours of 7AM-3PM. A town-wide sweep generally takes 6-8 weeks to complete and is dictated by weather. 

To help DPW perform the best possible job, please park your cars off-street during your scheduled week.  DPW will not return to sweep streets due to these issues

DPW crews has also started weekly, overnight sweeping of main roads on Thursday night/Friday morning (see end of page for details). 

 

Please note that according to Town Bylaw, Title III, Article 1, Section 33: Prohibition Against Obstructing Public Ways, it is forbidden to throw, or cause to be placed or thrown, onto any public sidewalk, street, fire hydrant, or highway and snow, dirt, leaves, gravel, or foreign substance or material.  Violations of this section shall be punishable by a fine of $25.00 per day if the material is not removed.

  

Check the map below for when sweepers will be in your area.

Planned routes for each day may be found in the first menu drop-down. These dates are subject to change due to weather, staffing, and equipment issues, thus the reason only a few days are scheduled. Updates are made on Friday afternoons for the following week. Please check back for updates.

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Weekly, Overnight Sweeping of Main Roads  

DPW crews have already begun weekly, overnight sweeping of main roads and will continue until the spring town-wide sweep has completed. This weekly operation is conducted early Friday mornings between the hours of 12:00 AM - 7:00 AM at the following locations.  

Grove St. 
Mass Ave. 
Summer St. 
Brattle St. 
Forest St. 
Lowell St 
Park Ave and Park Ave Ext. 
Appleton St. 
Wachusset Ave. 
Washington St. 
Eastern Ave. 
Gray St. 
Oakland Ave. 
Highland Ave. 
Jason St. 
Mill St. 
Pleasant St 
Lake St. 
Broadway 
Warren St. 
River St. and Bates Rd. 
Medford St 
Chestnut St. and Mystic St 
Academy St. (just to Maple St) 
Municipal Lots (Town Hall, Library, Chestnut & Mystic Street)