Typically starting in mid to late April, the annual street sweeping program cleans up all the sand, dirt and rock chips left on the street from the winter season.  

Street sweeping is scheduled once all the snow has melted off streets, boulevards, yards and properties and overnight temperatures are consistently above freezing.

Help prepare your street for a clean sweep

• Watch for signs with dates for sweeping in your area. These are posted at least 24 hours in advance.
• Move any parked cars. You won’t get a ticket or towed for leaving your car on the road – but the road won’t get as clean if you do.
• Sweep any dirt or debris on your driveway or sidewalk into the gutter in advance.
• Remove rubber driveway mats and any other on-street obstructions (basketball nets, waste collection carts, etc.)
• If street sweeping occurs on your waste collection day, please place your roll-out cart at the end of your driveway and not on the road or sidewalk.
• Do not park on the street until the signs at the neighbourhood entrances have been removed.

Timelines and process for Sherwood Park and rural hamlets 

It takes sweepers approximately four to five weeks to clear arterial roads and residential roads in Sherwood Park and Ardrossan. 

The sweepers will make several passes to clear the roadway. They start near the curb and slowly work their way into the centre of the road (similar to a Zamboni) in order to pick up all of the material. 

County crews sweep rural hamlets (Antler Lake, Collingwood Cove, Half Moon Lake, Hastings Lake, Josephburg, North Cooking Lake and South Cooking Lake), country residential and rural grid roads; this is a longer process that can take up until the end of June. 

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