Street Sweeping & Spring Clean Up
The City of Greater Sudbury's street sweeping status map provides daily updates on spring street sweeping activities and projected schedules for roads and sidewalks.
This interactive tool allows residents to see when an area is tentatively scheduled to be swept and when it has been completed. Road sections and neighbourhoods are broken into sweeping zones on the map based on the priority, road type and sweeping crews/equipment being used. These sweeping zones are colour-coded to indicate where work is scheduled to start, those in the process of being cleaned and those where sweeping has been completed.
To launch the map, click on the button below. Please note that street sweeping crews are working around the clock to remove winter sand from the sidewalk and roadways, but the map is updated daily so there may be a delay in reported status or projected schedule.
Note: Line painting begins after street sweeping is complete to ensure clean surfaces for optimal paint adhesion and visibility.
How Does Street Sweeping Work?
City and contractor crews work together to sweep the entire city. We prioritize and schedule areas for sweeping to take into account different factors.
Areas that are swept first include:
- Ramsey Lake area to protect our drink water source.
- high pedestrian traffic areas such as the downtown centre,
- high risk drainage areas to ensure resident safety and to protect our waterways from runoff.
What can the street-sweeping process look like?
- A water truck will apply water to the area before the sweeping begins.
- A sidewalk sweeper will then sweep the sand from the sidewalk onto the boulevard.
- Another piece of equipment will follow and sweep the sand away from the boulevard or curb onto the street for simpler pick up.
- A conveyor sweeper will pick up the sand from the street and place it into a dump truck.
- A sweeper truck will follow to pick up any remaining sand
It can take several passes to remove the sand and debris. Although equipment will follow each other, it can take some time in between passes for the next piece of equipment to come by.
Why are some of the streets in my area swept and some aren’t?
The City has partnered with a contractor to sweep all areas of our community. The work has been coordinated between the partners to ensure efficiency. Based on the sweeping schedule, equipment available, and type of road, one street may be on a route that is swept by a different crew than another.
The type of street determines who will be performing the work:
Roads with a curb and sidewalk and/or boulevards
- City crews sweep the sand from the sidewalks and boulevards onto the street along the curb.
- The contractor sweeps the road and picks up the sand along the curb.
- This can take a number of passes with a number of days between each pass.
Roads with curb and no sidewalk
- City or contractor crews sweep the sand from the road and pick up the sand along the curb.
Roads without curb
- City crews sweep the sand from the road.
Inclement weather can impact the street sweeping operations. The City and our contractor are working diligently to complete the program.