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davis_squareBack in 2006, the City of Somerville announced that it was extending its street sweeping season through the month of December as a practical investment in public health and quality of life. All of the city’s street sweeping signs were altered to reflect the change but Mayor Curtatone decided that the Traffic and Parking Department should issue warning notices rather than actual tickets during December, 2006 in order to help educate residents about the change.
In December, 2007 – the second year of the new rules – the snows came early, with the City’s first snow emergency declared on December 13th. Wirth snow on the ground, the City suspended street sweeping for the month, informing residents via the Connect CTY mass notification system on December 17th that street sweeping operations had been suspended until April, 2008.
This month, with the revised regulations now in their third year, the well-publicized and well-posted December extension is being enforced by the Traffic and Parking Department.
We recently learned, however, that the Boston Sweeper email service has not been providing this information to its subscribers, since the service stops sending out emails at the end of November. Boston Sweeper is a privately-run subsidiary of Boston.com and is not responsible for providing official information.
We therefore wanted to remind the members of the City of Somerville’s Connect CTY and snow alert email lists that, just as they have for the past two years, street sweeping regulations remain in effect through December 31st unless the City issues explicit notice to the contrary.
If you have questions or need additional information, please call our Constituent Services Office by dialing 311 (617-666-3311 from outside the city).
Please join us in working to keep our city clean and healthy during the Holiday Season – and throughout the year.
Sincerely,
Somerville Communications, Constituent Services, and the Traffic &Parking Dept.
In December, 2007 – the second year of the new rules – the snows came early, with the City’s first snow emergency declared on December 13th. Wirth snow on the ground, the City suspended street sweeping for the month, informing residents via the Connect CTY mass notification system on December 17th that street sweeping operations had been suspended until April, 2008.
This month, with the revised regulations now in their third year, the well-publicized and well-posted December extension is being enforced by the Traffic and Parking Department.
We recently learned, however, that the Boston Sweeper email service has not been providing this information to its subscribers, since the service stops sending out emails at the end of November. Boston Sweeper is a privately-run subsidiary of Boston.com and is not responsible for providing official information.
We therefore wanted to remind the members of the City of Somerville’s Connect CTY and snow alert email lists that, just as they have for the past two years, street sweeping regulations remain in effect through December 31st unless the City issues explicit notice to the contrary.
If you have questions or need additional information, please call our Constituent Services Office by dialing 311 (617-666-3311 from outside the city).
Please join us in working to keep our city clean and healthy during the Holiday Season – and throughout the year.
Sincerely,
Somerville Communications, Constituent Services, and the Traffic &Parking Dept.
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