After concentrating springtime cleanup efforts on arterial roads and collector routes, city crews are set to start clearing sand from residential streets after the Easter weekend.
Starting Tuesday, April 22, crews will start work to clear abrasive material laid down during the winter months from residential streets.
“We applied approximately 165,000 tonnes of material to the roads over the past six months, ensuring that commuters had traction after a snowfall over the course of the many freeze/thaw cycles we endured,” Roland Aitchison, Superintendent of Operations, Roadway Maintenance said in a press release.
In all, the city said cleaning up the total 4,700 kilometres of roadway can take up to nine weeks for crews to complete.
Before crews pass through, residents are asked to pick up litter and debris from boulevards, and to move their cars from city streets.
An interactive street sweeping schedule can be found on the City of Edmonton's website.
About two thirds of material laid down during the winter is recovered during the cleaning cycle, and eighty percent of that is processed and is reused for future winter road maintenance – the city said the recycling program saves taxpayers about $5 million.
