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Street Sweeping
This Division is a seven-day, twenty-four hour operation, maintaining over fifteen hundred (1,500) miles of City streets. Contracted and City owned mechanical sweepers aided by hand sweeping crews in high litter areas maintain the City streets year round, weather permitting.
(617) 635-7560
 
  • Posted Street Cleaning Program
    Daily, from April through November, contracted and City-owned mechanical sweepers maintain (weather permitting) over four hundred curb miles of posted streets Citywide. Over one hundred curb miles swept nightly, year round in Downtown Boston, and an additional 40 arterial streets citywide swept once a week.
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  • Non-Posted
    Non-posted streets are mechanically swept on a regularly scheduled basis.
    Please contact your Neighborhood District Yards
    for your respective schedule.

  • Litter Basket Program
    Over fifteen hundred litter baskets installed and maintained citywide. Over four hundred litter baskets emptied three times a day in downtown Area. Over seven hundred neighborhood litter baskets citywide emptied daily, year round. (617-635-7555).
    The Public Works Department is conducting a pilot program, introducing the use of over forty solar powered litter baskets in various locations through out the City.

  • Hand Sweeping Program
    Over fifty hand sweeping personnel maintaining high litter areas of Downtown and citywide neighborhoods. (617-635-7555).

  • Snow Operations
    Over five hundred and fifty contract and City pieces of equipment are available during deicing and plowing operation of all public ways in the City of Boston. (617-635-7555).

  • Utility Inspection Program
    Daily inspection of all utility cuts performed citywide. Inspection involves checking for proper working procedures and current City of Boston issued permits. (617-635-7555).

  • Patching Program
    Uses over three thousand tons of hot and cold patching asphalt products to repair and maintain potholes throughout the City of Boston. (617-635-7555).

  • Freedom Trail Program
    Maintains and cleans daily, and repaints the 3.2 mile Freedom Trail three times a year and supplies brick and sidewalk repair as needed. (617-635-7555).

  • Neighborhood Cleanups
    Coordinates and disposes of over four hundred tons of debris from approximately fifty citywide neighborhood cleanups. These cleanups are scheduled through the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services. (617-635-3485).

  • Blackstone Open Market Program
    Preparation and cleanup of Blackstone/Haymarket Area vending operations.

  • Dead Animals
    Removal of dead animals from Public Ways is conducted by Public Works employees through a humane process in accordance with Boston Animal Control Division guidelines.
Neighborhood District Yards
District 1 - Boston Proper/Charlestown 617-635-7560
District 2 - Jamaica Plain 617-635-7521
District 3 - North Dorchester 617-635-7530
District 4 - Brighton 617-635-7507
District 5 - South Boston 617-635-7560
District 6 - West Roxbury 617-635-7512
District 7 - South Dorchester 617-635-7533
District 8 - Hyde Park 617-635-7515
District 9 - East Boston 617-635-7525
District 10 - Roxbury 617-635-7580
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Holiday Trash and Recycling
Adjusted residential pick-up schedules.
BigBelly Cordless Compaction System
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