[Durham INC] Street sweeping?

[Barry Ragin]

I just wanted to thank Dale McKeel, the city's Bicycle and Pedestrian 
Coordinator, for taking the time to track down the relevant folks at 
City Hall to answer this question. What i've learned is that, while 
there is no exact schedule for street sweeping, according to city 
officials "it normally takes about a month and a half to two months to 
get around all the curve paved streets that the city have."

So it looks like our neighborhood will see another sweeping during 
Christmas week, or perhaps earlier or later depending on how the 
holidays impact things. Hopefully a phone call or two next week will pin 
down the exact date.

I'll leave it as an exercise for readers of this list to determine 
whether a 2 month street sweeping schedule during the fall in a city 
whose streets are lined with deciduous trees is adequate or not.

Barry Ragin

On 11/30/10 5:32 PM, Barry Ragin wrote:
> Does anyone know if the city of Durham has a street sweeping schedule 
> for the fall published anywhere? Leaves are getting pretty deep in our 
> neighborhood, and i'd hate to see some of our blocks miss the 
> opportunity to have them swept up because too many cars were left 
> parked in the street on the day the sweepers come through.
>
> Thanks,
> Barry Ragin
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