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Street Sweeping Confirmed!
I can confirm that they finally swept my street sometime between Wedensday night and Thursday morning. That's one time. I think they are supposed to do it three times. I'm going to count them.
I formerly lived in a city that cleaned every street at least once a month from April to the first snow. That is at least 8 times a year and only 4 months, the worst winter months, between cleanings.
That city was not a jewel, not a state capital.
Permanent signs were on every street with the schedule: for instance mine was swept the first Monday and Tuesday of every month: one day the odd numbered side of the street the next day the other. On the day before a district was to be cleaned cardboard posters were hung on the streets remninding residents to not park there when the cleaning was scheduled. On the day of the cleaning, a city truck would drive slowly down the street announcing over a loud speaker that the street sweepers would be there in one hour and to please move your car if needed or it would be towed. Just before the sweepers arrived a few tow trucks would begin towing any cars left on the street. They had provided more than sufficient warning, and this schedule and system had been in place without change for many, many years. The work was done by the DPW not contracted out. It worked very well.
I do think that with the ammount of debris generated by a Providence winter, 8 months is too long to go between street sweeping. That is how long my street went.
I also find the scheduling to be confusing and hard to find.
I think Providence could do a better job with street cleaning.
Of course they could say that if you want to get your streets cleaned every month we can raise your taxes and hire more DPW workers and machines.
But taxes were lower where I used to live.
I'm afraid we will get our taxes raised anyway, but not our streets cleaned more effeciently or often enough.
I have no suggestions. I just wonder why, if they began sweeping in April, it took until June 8th to clean my street for the very first time, some 69 days.
Now, what about those potholes?
Did anyone identify any needy potholes and call them in to the DPW?
Can the City do something about this heat and humidity? : ) I wish.
Let's get some postings up while we can.
John Twomey
Posted at June 10, 2005 11:46 AM
I see that the two potholes that I reported have not yet been fixed.
I also heard from David P. of ONS who said that something would be done about the broken fence on Cypress on Friday, but I saw no action that day.
David said that the broken fence would be removed? I don't know if he meant replaced or what, waiting for confirmation.
The City moves slow, as you know.
Posted by: John at June 12, 2005 10:35 AM