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.

***A $4.7 million shortfall in Transportation revenue resulted in several service reductions in 2009. As part of the overall service reductions, street sweeping operations on residential and collector streets and bike lanes are reduced from four times a year to two times a year. The Streets Department will respond to emergencies and hazard sweeping requests on these corridors on a case by case basis.***

Program Analysis

• Collector and residential streets and bike lanes are swept two times per year in the spring and fall.
• 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.