City Of Salem: City Of Salem Releases Spring Street Sweeping Schedule

Press release from the City of Salem:

March 16, 2022

Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll today announced that spring street sweeping will begin on Salem’s entrance corridors on March 22 through March 31 and continue into residential neighborhoods April 4 and through May 6.

“With the arrival of spring we’re all eager to start the street sweeping efforts that help keep our entrance corridors, neighborhoods, and downtown clean,” Mayor Driscoll said.

This year we will continue our extensive sweeping schedule, with entrance corridors swept six times from March through September. Each entrance corridor will be swept over a period of two consecutive days alternating between the odd and even side of the streets. Each corridor will be posted with temporary ‘No Parking/Tow Zone’ signs and parking will be prohibited between the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on sweeping days. City workers will utilize blowers to clear corridor sidewalks of debris prior to the first entrance corridor sweep. You can find the 2022 expanded entrance corridor sweeping schedule at www.salem.com/streetsweeping.

The Salem Department of Public Services will blow and sweep streets and sidewalks in the downtown beginning on Wednesday, March 23 and then on every third Wednesday of the month from April through September. Blowing will begin at 9:00 p.m. followed by street sweeping at 11:00 p.m. to approximately 3:00 a.m. The downtown area will be posted with ‘No Parking Tow Zone’ signs, so please remove vehicles from the affected downtown streets on sweep days during the post hours so they will not be towed. Residents on the affected streets may park free of charge at the Museum Place Garage from 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening to 8:00 a.m. Thursday morning, with proof of residency, on sweep days. 

Residential neighborhood street sweeping will take place April 4 to May 6. Neighborhood sweeping will continue to take place on both sides of the street on the same day. Sweeping will take place from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Each neighborhood route will be posted with temporary ‘No Parking/Tow Zone’ signs and parking will be prohibited between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Neighborhood streets are broken down into four zones. Sweep days are the next day after the regularly scheduled trash day. To find a specific street sweeping date, locate what zone your street is in on the 2022 Spring Street Sweeping Schedule and match it with the calendar. Monday sweep schedules are for the preceding Friday's trash day. Please note the sweep date changes on the calendar because of holidays. Street sweeping schedules can be found at www.salem.com/streetsweeping or at the DPS office at 5 Jefferson Avenue. There is also a searchable map online at www.salem.com/streetsweeping.

“I encourage everyone to get the word out to their neighbors to remind them when the street sweeper is coming, so they remember to move their cars,” Public Services Director David Knowlton said. “The fewer cars on the street, the better we can clean. Our goal is to clean the streets, not to tow cars, so please park accordingly during scheduled street sweeping days.”

Residents can use entrance corridor streets as alternative parking areas on the day of their neighborhood sweep. Entrance corridor streets are Boston St., Bridge St., Essex St. (from Boston St. to North/Summer St.), Lafayette St. (from Derby St. to Marblehead line), Loring Ave., and North St. Once a neighborhood street is swept, residents will be able to move their vehicles back onto their street. For a complete list of parking alternatives go to www.salem.com/streetsweeping. Please remember, if you choose to move your vehicle to an entrance corridor street you must adhere to all current parking restrictions and metered rates on these entrance corridors, including resident only parking restrictions.

There will also be additional sweeping scheduled in the Point Neighborhood. Sweeping will take place on March 28 and continue with twice monthly sweeps from April through September. Cars must be removed from both sides of the street on these days. ‘No Parking/Tow Zone’ signs will be posted and parking will be prohibited from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Residents on the affected streets may park in the South Harbor Parking Garage, free of charge, between the hours of 8:00 p.m. Sunday to 8:00 p.m. Monday, on sweep days, with proof of residency.

Certain weather conditions prohibit the use of the street sweepers. During moderate to heavy rainfall and extreme cold temperatures sweepers will not be able to operate. Weather cancellations will be posted on www.salem.com.

This press release was produced by the City of Salem. The views expressed here are the author’s own.