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  Street sweeping is now complete in West Kelowna                                                                                               Subscribe to receive news and alerts

Spring cleaning isn’t just for homes as our annual street sweeping program gets underway next week, helping to clear winter debris from roads and sidewalks.

Anticipated 2025 Spring Sweeping Schedule 

Depending on weather and equipment availability, street sweeping will generally occur on weekdays (some Saturday work may be required) within the following, anticipated date ranges:

  • Early March – Westbank Centre commercial area (excluding Highway 97) - complete
  • Week of March 17:
    • Gellatly Bay, Glen Canyon, and Goats Peak - complete
    • South Boucherie including Mission Hill, Green Bay, and West Bay - complete
    • Lakeview Heights and Casa Loma - complete
  • Week of March 24:
    • Boucherie Centre - complete
    • West Kelowna Estates - complete
    • Rose Valley - complete
  • Week of March 31:
    • Shannon Lake - complete
    • Shannon Woods - complete
    • Tallus Ridge - complete
  • April 7 – 16:
    • Smith Creek - complete
    • Glenrosa - complete
  • April 12:
    • Stevens Road and the West Kelowna Business Park - complete
  • April 17 - 19:
    • Upper Glenrosa - complete
    • Bear Creek - complete

Did you know?

Our street sweeping contractor does several passes and washes in one area before the work is considered complete.

 How it works

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.

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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 updates, please sign up for news and alerts.

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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