Neighborhood Street Sweeping Schedule Released

Salem, MA - Spring street sweeping will begin in Salem’s neighborhoods on Monday, May 2 and run through Friday, May 27.

Residential neighborhood street 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 2016 Spring Residential Street Sweeping Schedule and match it with the calendar. Monday sweep schedules are for the preceding Friday's trash day. The street sweeping schedule can be found online at www.salem.com, at the Department of Public Services office (5 Jefferson Avenue), and City Hall (93 Washington Street).

“Resident cooperation is vital to the success of our street sweeping efforts,” said Public Services Director John Tomasz. “In order for the sweeper to do the best job possible, please remove your cars from the street during your designated sweep day.”

Residents will be able to 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. Please remember, if you move your vehicle to an entrance corridor street you must adhere to all current parking restrictions on these entrance corridors. All existing parking regulations on entrance corridors must be adhered to or your vehicle will be ticketed and/or towed. This includes resident only restrictions.

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.