Street Sweeping and Pothole Repairs in Full Swing, Moving to Neighbourhoods May 1

Over the past 3 weeks, City and contractor crews have removed 4,460 tonnes of sand and debris from 620 lane kilometers of medians and high-traffic streets. That’s the equivalent distance from Saskatoon to Calgary. The city-wide neighbourhood street sweeping is scheduled to begin May 1, with curb-to-curb sweeping on all residential streets. Neighbourhood pothole repairs will be prioritized and follow street sweeping.

“The spring sweeping blitz is focused on collecting the bulk of sand and debris left over from winter on high-traffic streets, to clean up dirt and dust so residents and visitors can enjoy the outdoors this spring,” says Trent Schmidt, Acting Director of Public Works. “We continue to improve our program designs for street sweeping each spring and I think residents will agree our busier streets are looking great.”

Since April 11, when hot mix asphalt was available for permanent pothole patching, 302 tonnes have been used to repair the equivalent of 17,000 average potholes. Crews are also tackling the larger utility cuts on high-traffic streets, which can involve excavating to remove wet dirt and re-packing gravel material prior to patching, at this time of year. Residents are encouraged to report potholes for repair online at saskatoon.ca/betterroads, which are inspected and scheduled.

“While we can’t permanently patch some of these locations until the ground frost is completely out of the ground, we are monitoring temporary road repairs and grading gravel-covered locations as required,” says Schmidt. “In the meantime, we are focussing on the areas with the most impact to drivers and have repaired 30 of the 540 utility cuts including at Circle Drive at Venture Crescent, 2nd Avenue, 22nd Street, 8th Street and 33rd Street.”

The City-Wide Residential Street Sweep begins Sunday, May 1 in Parkridge and Meadowgreen (Streets only).

• Bright yellow “No Parking” signs are posted a minimum of 36 hours in advance of sweeping.
• Neighbourhoods with grid streets will have Streets and Avenues swept on different days to make parking available for vehicles that need to move.
• Vehicles that remain on a street at 7 AM on the posted day will be ticketed $100 and relocated to a nearby street.
• Find relocated vehicles with the “Find my Vehicle” application at saskatoon.ca/street-sweeping or by calling the customer service centre at 306–975-2476.
• Find street sweeping schedules for current neighbourhoods, and upcoming industrial areas (night), school zones (night) and Business Improvement District (night) sweeping at saskatoon.ca/street-sweeping.
• Residents are encouraged to check the online schedule often and pay attention to the day of the week on the “No Parking” signs placed on the street.
• If a neighbourhood is postponed due to weather or unforeseen circumstances, new signs will be posted when rescheduled.
• Sweeping Service Alerts are issued for changes to the schedule or to advise of any issues residents need to know about.