My OperaHibernation Is Over. They're Baaack!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 3:25:18 PM
We can now all just wake up from out long Winter's nap, which began on November 6 last year. The orange bots are resuming their street sweeping rounds on Monday, March 22.
Mike Benardo, ANC Commissioner for 2F06, forwarded this from DPW:
From: Twine, Kevin (DPW) kevin.twine@dc.gov
Subject: Daytime Residential Street Sweeping Resumes Mar. 22, Ticketing Begins Mar. 29
Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 3:53 PM
On Monday, March 22, 2010, daytime mechanical street sweeping will resume in scheduled residential neighborhoods where signs are posted indicating that this will take place. Now that the snow has melted, there’s now quite a bit of litter and debris in certain areas. Residents are again reminded to observe the street cleaning signs so our sweepers can resume cleaning residential streets. Alternate-side parking restrictions in these areas will go into effect as well. Parking tickets, which carry a $30 fine, will be issued, beginning March 29, to vehicles parked during street sweeping hours in areas posted with “No Parking/Street Cleaning” signs. Beginning March 29, parked cars also may be towed to allow the sweepers access to the curbside. Generally, parking is prohibited for two hours while sweeping is underway.
DPW street sweepers cover about 4,000 lane miles monthly, removing litter and pollutants. The sweeper also emits a fine spray of water to help control dust. Street sweeping is suspended during winter as the sprayed water can freeze and become ice on the street. DPW also sweeps commercial corridors year-round. For more information about DPW’s street sweeping program, visit www.dpw.dc.gov.
Regards,
Kevin B. Twine
Staff Assistant
Department of Public Works
Office of the Director
The editor would still like to know how much revenue (i.e., tickets and fines) these contraptions generate each year.
If you would like to know more about these machines, Barnes and Noble has a nice, explanatory text on them.
More:
One of the things that the street sweepers do is complicate parking. When compounded with some DC agency comandeering two or three blocks for unspecified street work, it can make parking in this neighborhood pure hell. As a sign of the distress parking now represents, we have
What are they selling? Parking or some dinky condo, barely mentioned at the bottom.
Mike Benardo, ANC Commissioner for 2F06, forwarded this from DPW:
From: Twine, Kevin (DPW) kevin.twine@dc.gov
Subject: Daytime Residential Street Sweeping Resumes Mar. 22, Ticketing Begins Mar. 29
Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 3:53 PM
On Monday, March 22, 2010, daytime mechanical street sweeping will resume in scheduled residential neighborhoods where signs are posted indicating that this will take place. Now that the snow has melted, there’s now quite a bit of litter and debris in certain areas. Residents are again reminded to observe the street cleaning signs so our sweepers can resume cleaning residential streets. Alternate-side parking restrictions in these areas will go into effect as well. Parking tickets, which carry a $30 fine, will be issued, beginning March 29, to vehicles parked during street sweeping hours in areas posted with “No Parking/Street Cleaning” signs. Beginning March 29, parked cars also may be towed to allow the sweepers access to the curbside. Generally, parking is prohibited for two hours while sweeping is underway.
DPW street sweepers cover about 4,000 lane miles monthly, removing litter and pollutants. The sweeper also emits a fine spray of water to help control dust. Street sweeping is suspended during winter as the sprayed water can freeze and become ice on the street. DPW also sweeps commercial corridors year-round. For more information about DPW’s street sweeping program, visit www.dpw.dc.gov.
Regards,
Kevin B. Twine
Staff Assistant
Department of Public Works
Office of the Director
The editor would still like to know how much revenue (i.e., tickets and fines) these contraptions generate each year.
If you would like to know more about these machines, Barnes and Noble has a nice, explanatory text on them.
More:
One of the things that the street sweepers do is complicate parking. When compounded with some DC agency comandeering two or three blocks for unspecified street work, it can make parking in this neighborhood pure hell. As a sign of the distress parking now represents, we have
What are they selling? Parking or some dinky condo, barely mentioned at the bottom.
