City Receives New Street Sweepers

is two streetsweepers richer as of last Friday. 

The two new vehicles were purchased—roughly $130,000 each—through a bond ordinance. The old streetsweepers were decades old. For the last four months, the city has been borrowing a sweeper from Secaucus. 

The brand new sweepers, which are also more environmentally friendly than the old ones. The new sweepers also don't spray dust as they go through the streets—like the old ones—but the sweepers use "clean air technology."

Street sweepers in Hoboken are used seven days a week. 

The new vehicles have a life span of about 15 years.