It must be spring! From: "Gianetti, Lee" <lgianetti@cambridgema.gov> Reply-To: "Gianetti, Lee" <lgianetti@cambridgema.gov> Date: Friday, March 27, 2015 at 8:32 AM To: "Gianetti, Lee" <lgianetti@cambridgema.gov> Subject: Start of Monthly Street Sweeping Operations Begin April 1 Good Morning, Attached is a media release announcing the start of street sweeping operations in Cambridge, beginning on April 1. Text of the release is pasted below for your convenience. Best regards, Lee Gianetti Director of Communications & Community Relations City of Cambridge 795 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02139 For Immediate Release: Start of Monthly Street Sweeping Operations Begin Residents and visitors urged to observe posted signs prior to parking vehicle Cambridge, MA‹Mar. 27, 2015 ‹ The Department of Public Works (DPW) will begin street sweeping operations on Wednesday, April 1. Cambridge¹s monthly street sweeping operations run from April through December each year. In addition to neighborhood sweeping, City squares are cleaned daily by both mechanical street sweepers and by hand crews. ³We¹ve had a very severe winter and with all of the snow a lot of debris has gathered and remains on sidewalks and in gutter lines. Some roadways may have snow within the parking lanes, and our crews will maneuver street sweeping equipment to clean in between snow piles to the extent possible. Unfortunately, we are not in a position to remove the remaining snow, crews are now being deployed for street and park maintenance and there is an enormous amount of work that needs to be done in both of these areas.² said DPW Commissioner Owen O¹Riordan. ³The first month of street sweeping is critical, given that the streets have not been swept since last November/December.² Cambridge¹s Street cleaning program plays an important role in the city¹s stormwater management <http://www.cambridgema.gov/theworks/ourservices/stormwatermanagement.aspx> program. By sweeping up sand and other debris, catch basins are kept clean and able to function efficiently. This debris also contains heavy metal particles and chemicals that get deposited on roadways through the wear and tear of vehicle parts, and leaking engine fluids, and so an effective street sweeping program also helps reduce a significant source of pollution to the Charles River and the Alewife Brook. For information on street cleaning operations, visit CambridgeMA.Gov <http://Cambridgema.gov> or call the Department of Public Works at (617) 349-4800. Residents are encouraged to sign up to receive weekly email notifications regarding street cleaning in their neighborhood through the City¹s Eline notification system at www.cambridgema.gov/eline <http://www.cambridgema.gov/eline> . Updates are also available on Twitter at @CambMA <https://twitter.com/CambMA> and Facebook at CambridgeMA.Gov <https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeMA.Gov> . ###