Medford Announces Fall Street Sweeping Schedule

Medford’s fall and spring street cleaning program is an essential public works activity that not only keeps the city looking cleaner, but reduces the risk of flooding and icing due to storm drain back-up. Given the harsh winters and severe weather that can bring on flash floods in a matter of minutes, the importance of this program cannot be understated.

Notification: Residents will be notified of dates and locations through local newspapers, the city and school websites, city and school social media, local access TV, digital signs throughout the city, sandwich board signs throughout the city, signs posted in public buildings such as the library, City Hall, and senior center, and through the city’s free notification system (sign up to receive these alerts at http://tinyurl.com/medfordalerts).

Dates: Fall’s “BIG SWEEP” will be conducted Wednesday, November 4 – Tuesday, December 1 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on all the streets of Medford. Please find your street in the list of zones below to determine the sweeping date of your street. There will be NO STREET SWEEPING on Wednesday, November 11 (Veterans Day).

Weather permitting: If severe weather conditions exist, your street will be rescheduled at the end of the regular “BIG SWEEP” schedule. Date revisions will be posted here and on the city’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. Updates will also come through the city’s free notification system; click here to sign up.

Parking: Parking will be allowed on the major arteries during the spring sweeping schedule. There is NO PARKING on the designated side street while sweeping is taking place between 7:00 AM and 6:00 PM; cars can return once the sweeping has been completed. Cars that remain parked on the streets designated for that day will be ticketed and towed.

No leaf pick-up: Please DO NOT push leaves into the street. All yard waste removal MUST be done through Waste Management. Please refer to the trash and recycling schedule for yard waste removal dates.

Please note Zone 10 will be split into two sections: Monday, November 9th – Woburn to Winthrop and High St. to Playstead, and all streets within these boundaries. Tuesday, November 10th – Woburn to High St and Woburn St. to Playstead, and all streets within these boundaries.

The Big Sweep

Zone 6 – Wednesday, November 4
Zone 7 – Thursday, November 5
Zone 8 – Friday, November 6
Zone 10 – Monday, November 9
Zone 10 – Tuesday, November 10
NO SWEEPING Veterans Day Wednesday, November 11
Zone 3 – Thursday, November 12
Zone 9 – Friday, November 13
Zone 11 – Monday November 16
Zone 14 – Tuesday, November 17
Zone 13 – Wednesday, November 18
Zone 12 – Thursday, November 19
Zone 1 – Monday, November 23
Zone 2 – Tuesday, November 24
Zone 4 – Wednesday, November 25
Zone 5 – Tuesday, December 1

Click here to see what streets are included in each zone>>>