After multiple shifts totaling 20 hours a day of sweeping, road cleaning crews completed street sweeping March 10 that began Feb. 23 after sand was dropped to treat roads for February’s severe winter weather event. Cleanup crews focused first on major arterials, such as US 75 and intersections at major cross streets, then worked their way into neighborhoods, where sand was dropped on bridges and intersections. The street sweeping was expected to last as long as it did due to availability of trucks. The City has one street sweeping vehicle but contracts an outside company to help with citywide cleaning, and that contractor was also working to sweep other cities’ streets.
