Sweeping

Program Mission

This program's mission is to clean city streets and bike lanes as required to provide safe conditions for all modes of transportation. Clean streets support good air quality standards and stormwater quality services to the citizens of Fort Collins.

Program Analysis

• Residential streets are swept four times per year, with the last sweep of the year concentrated on Operation Clean Sweep for leaves that have fallen naturally into the street.
• The downtown area is swept twice a week.
• Major arterials and bike lanes are swept every two weeks.

Citizens can help the street sweepers do their job on scheduled street sweeping days by removing vehicles, trash cans, basketball hoops and other obstructions from the street. It is also helpful if citizens keep tree branches and bushes trimmed back so that sweepers can sweep up to the curb line. Residents, business owners and landscape companies can also help out by not blowing grass clippings or disposing yard waste, leaves and branches into the street for a sweeper to clean up.

The Streets Department strives to improve customer response and control expenses through sweeping scheduling and planned sweeper replacement.

We welcome citizen feedback and reporting of street hazards by e-mail or by calling (970) 221-6615.