I agree saw 4 cars towed from Bowen Ave yesterday that weren't aware of street sweeping and no parking ban

Issue 3334503 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.

The City has broken down the City into Zones to try to approach this systematically We try to notify everyone we can with Reverse 911,Traffic Signs, Web Pages, and the media. Phone calls go out City wide twice and then once to each particular Zone before it is swept. Parking is allowed on the major arteries during the Sweep. Unfortunately there are still cars that are not moved.

The City does this every year twice a year. We try to give advance warning as early as a week or two before the sweeping starts. Any recommendations can be forwarded to the DPW.

Thanks

Thank you for your reply but I was referring to Medford street which according to the posted signs indicates the main streets are swept 4 times per month, not the bi-annual sweeping program. Medford St is supposed to be swept on Sunday nights on the odd side and Monday nights on the even side. Medford St, from approximately Winter Hill Rd to the Somerville line has not been swept at all this year. Nor has it been swept for the majority of last year. This is not a good representation of our city for people entering it from the Somerville side. I have watched this trash accumulate weekly for the past few years.As you can see the sewer drains are very clogged and the street has liquor bottles and fast food containers as well as regular household trash.I do feel this contributes to our rat problem.

So Warner Street (which I do not know to be a major artery, by the way) can never be swept properly because residents from other streets will park there during our street sweeping, that happens only twice a year, and not be subject to ticketing at the very least, and towed?? That does not make any sense.
As I stated in my issue, this is clearly not working for all residents of Medford. The street sweeping program needs to be revised, so that all streets can get cleaned, even if is only one side of the street at a time. This makes sense to me, and the surroundings towns seem to run their program better, and it seems to work for them. We can do better!

This is not closed .... basically I am being told "too bad" - your street isn't going to be cleaned ...ever!

Thanks - great job Medford!

I do agree the current system doe not work.

Why is Capt Clemente closing this issue when it's a DPW issue not a police issue. This is not about the bi annual street sweeping which in and of itself is a joke, but the so called weekly sweeping of the main streets

We have been working with DPW. Sgt. Hartnett meets with them several times during the street sweeping. I am not aware of any streets that will not be cleaned. If there is a street that doesn't get cleaned, please let us know.

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Hello Captain Clemente - As I stated in my initial issue and follow-up comments, Warner Street does not get swept because of cars that are not moved, and not ticketed or towed. Hoping for a better result the next time there is street sweeping in our area.

Well - Street Sweeping is upon us again. Warner Street and surrounding streets in my area are scheduled to be swept on Monday, November 13. I am hoping that this time around Warner Street will be swept on both sides, and that cars that do park there will be ticketed and towed so that we can get our streets cleaned - Thank you!

Hoping that my street gets done this time, as it did not in the Spring or last Fall.

Thank you for your input.