The Public Works Department provides a quality environment for the City of Boston and ensures that the City's roadways, streets and bridge infrastructure are safe, clean, and attractive.
The Public Works Department has expanded the posted street sweeping programs in the North End to include the months of December and March and in the South End to include March. This effort will provide cleaner streets in these neighborhoods and reduce rodent food sources.
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In Spring 2011, the Public Works Department initiated a new policy for patching procedures that requires all utility companies, private contractors, city contractors, and other agencies who perform excavation work on the City's roadways or sidewalks to install a color coded identification marker into the surface of their asphalt patches.
The neighborhood street sweeping program resumes on April 1st. Residents are invited to register for No Tow™ email reminders of when the street that they regularly park on is scheduled for cleaning.
During the winter months, the freeze / thaw cycle can cause pavement to crack so that it deteriorates quickly under the weight of traffic.
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Street Cleaning
The neighborhood street sweeping program resumes on April 1st. Residents are invited to register for No Tow™ email reminders of when the street that they regularly park on is scheduled for cleaning.
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