Street Cleaning & Drainage

Every spring, road crews work to keep storm drains open and clean the streets of sand and debris that accumulates in the winter. The stormwater drainage basins are often steamed repeatedly to minimize the formation of large puddles.

When the road surface is dry enough, the streets are swept to prevent the storm sewers from clogging and to maintain a safer, clean surface for driving and cycling. The surfaces done each spring include:

• Town-owned roads that are finished with asphalt
  
• Hard-surfaced boulevards & medians
  
• Sidewalks & walkways that are plowed in the winter
  
• Public facility parking lots: Civic Cultural Centre, Eagle Builders Centre Arena, Abbey Centre, Community Centre, and Wadey Centre.
  
  

Street cleaning adds to the beauty and safety of our community and minimizes our environmental footprint, but can produce noise and dust. Community members are thanked for their understanding while this work is done and are asked to limit their on street parking and be mindful when placing their waste & recycling carts at this time.

Periodic sweeping continues throughout the summer until the Thanksgiving weekend, as required.