2014 Street Sweeping calendar is on the city website.Please follow this link to read when your area will be swept: http://cityofnewhaven.com/PublicWorks/sweep/index.asp Along with local media outlets, we did a general announcement citywide to all residents who have opted into the city's Emergency Notification System last week. We will also be street sweeping in Westville tomorrow - weather permitting.

I would like to know how to track the schedule for street sweeping as I too was unaware of it being done today. Many of my neighbors including myself did lots of yardwork this weekend and have leaf bags out to be picked up and the street sweeping was not coordinated with the pick up because the sweepers had to go around all the bags stacked in front of our homes. This is an inefficient and wasteful use of resources as well as poor results. I could have piled the bags up on the curb if I had but known my taxes would be providing a service to me that ultimately was not accomplished.

If you follow the link provided above, you'll see our 2014 season calendar. We have the routes and location/neighborhoods listed on each day. It is better to place all your leaf bags on your curb/tree belt not in the street throughout leaf season. Since street sweeping is a citywide operation we do try to juggle the needs of all the neighborhoods. Thanks

The website says that signs would be posted (see below). This was not done, at least on Alston Avenue. Please have the sweepers return tomorrow to complete the job. Today's run was a waste of resources, given the poor outcome.

No Tag and No Tow Routes – Though Tag and Tow doesn’t operate in the following neighborhoods, Street Sweeping will be more efficient and effective if residents can move their cars off the street. Paper “No Parking” postings will also be placed in these neighborhoods 24 hours before street sweeping begins.

No Tag and No Tow Routes include:
Route # 1 – Amity/West Rock
Route # 6 – Fair Haven Heights & Foxon
Route # 9 – Downtown (during evening hours)
Route #11 – Westville

I have wondered for years why we don't have permanent signs like other parts of the city. This issue of sweeping and a good part of the debris being left behind has been a problem for years. Street sweeping on Alden Ave and the rest of this neighborhood only gets signs a couple of times a year, though the streets are swept much more often. Seems like a waste of city resources. As a longer term resolution we need permanent signs like they have in East Rock. At times it seems that the East Rock neighborhood is favored over the rest of this city on a regular basis.

This is an issue that should be addressed by our alderman.

We are closing Street Sweeping issue from 2014 season so we can focus on issues from this season. Issue closed. If you need to report another issue please submit to See Click Fix or call Department of Public Works at (203) 946 - 7700. Thanks.