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It’s street sweeping season - let’s make a clean sweep!

The 2023 spring street sweeping program starts in our residential neighbourhoods the week of March 20.

Removing sand and debris from our streets, municipal parking lots, transit exchanges and bus stops, multiuse corridors and designated major arterial sidewalks is a team effort involving our City crews and contractors.

In advance of street sweeping in your neighbourhood, crews will post “No Parking” signs and, during these times, park off-street weekdays between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. to help crews make a clean sweep.

We also ask residents to help by sweeping sand and dirt off sidewalks in front of their homes onto the street, but to not create piles, as it slows sweepers’ progress.

Stay up to date on our 2023 progress

Crews began sweeping in the Westbank Centre commercial area in early March.

Work on the neighbourhood portion of the program will start the week of March 20 in the Gellatly/Goat’s Peak area and gradually proceed to higher elevation neighbourhoods, finishing in Upper Glenrosa by early May, weather permitting. Work will generally take place weekdays* from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the following date ranges:

  • Early March – Westbank Centre commercial area, excluding Highway 97
  • Week of March 20 – Gellatly Bay, Glen Canyon, and Goats Peak
  • March 27 to 30 – South Boucherie including Mission Hill, Green Bay, and West Bay
  • March 31 to April 4 – Lakeview Heights and Casa Loma
  • April 4 to 5 – Boucherie Centre
  • April 6 to 10 – West Kelowna Estates
  • April 11 to 13 – Rose Valley
  • April 14 to 20 – Shannon Lake, Shannon Woods, and Tallus Ridge
  • April 21 to 25 – Smith Creek
  • April 26 to May 2 – Glenrosa
  • May 3 – Stevens Road and the West Kelowna Business Park
  • May 4 – Upper Glenrosa
  • May 5 – Bear Creek

*Some Saturday work may be required.

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Our street sweeping program

Sweeping begins after snow and ice melt from road shoulders.

Crews start in lower elevation neighbourhoods and move upwards as the snow melts.

The City of West Kelowna Road Network is more than 260 kilometres and sweeping work takes approximately eight weeks; however, weather, on-street parking, and other obstructions can hinder work.

Crews conduct maintenance sweeps throughout the remainder of the warmer weather months, as needed.

The City does not sweep or otherwise maintain Highways 97 and 97C, Westside Road, Westbank First Nation streets. Strata must also arrange their own street sweeping and maintenance within their complexes.

What happens if crews cannot sweep your street due to obstructions?

Crews will clean all unobstructed portions of a City street when they are in your neighbourhood; and, then they move on to the next neighbourhood in order to ensure efficiency and keep on schedule. In the event of a street obstruction, crews will return in several weeks, when the main program is completed in all neighbourhoods.

To help alleviate obstructions, the City releases information publicly to residents in advance of the program to remind them of how they can help crews make a clean sweep. To receive City news and alerts, please sign up at www.westkelownacity.ca/subscribe.

Our crews also post signs at neighbourhood main entrances in advance of street sweeping, reminding residents to park off street so equipment can effectively clean the road.

What happens to the sand and debris?

Debris accumulates in the sweeper's collector and must be routinely deposited at unobtrusive sites until crews can collect the piles.

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