Take your forecasts. On Monday, April 4, the Philadelphia Streets Department launches the second phase of the city’s mechanical street cleaning program.
It will take place Monday through Thursday, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. until Wednesday, November 30. No service is performed on City-observed holidays, but crews resume cleaning the following week.
Phase two pilot
Using the City’s Litter Index, Streets Department chose the 14 neighborhoods with the highest concentration of litter to take part in the second phase of the Mechanical Street Cleaning pilot. These neighborhoods need more City services to keep them clean, city said.
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The 14 pilot areas are:
- Frankford – Bridge to Adams from Griscom St. to Torresdale
- Germantown – Berkley to Chelten from Pulaski to Wakefield
- Kensington – 2nd to Kensington from Tioga to Lehigh Ave
- Logan – Godfrey to Roosevelt Blvd. from Broad to 5th
- Nicetown – Broad to Clarissa from Hunting Park to Windrim
- North Central – Broad to 22nd from Glenwood to Diamond
- Paschall – 58th to 70th from Greenway to Dicks Ave.
- Point Breeze – Christian to McKean from Broad to 24th
- Port Richmond – Kensington to Aramingo from Tioga to Lehigh
- South – McKean to Oregon from 4th to 8th
- Southwest – Woodland to Kingsessing from 49th to Cemetery
- Strawberry Mansion – Diamond to Lehigh from Sedgley to 33rd
- West – Parkside to Spring Garden from 52nd to 40th
- West Fairhill – 5th to 13th from Glenwood to Susquehanna
Streets Department remembers residents to follow posted “no parking” signs to allow the mechanical broom to clean the roadways from curb to curb at the scheduled time. Cleaning times on streets are staggered and/or occur on alternate days to minimize inconvenience to residents.
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