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2026 Spring Townwide Sweep in Progress

Arlington Public Works will began its townwide street sweeping operations in April 6, 2026. Routes are generally swept in order, starting with the first route, Route 1. However, routes may be skipped to accommodate existing conditions.  

Sweeping takes place between the hours of 7AM-3PM. It generally takes 6-8 weeks to sweep the whole town.  

To help Public Works perform the best possible job, park your cars off-street, when sweepers are in your area. Always keep trash/recycling containers on the curb.

Weekly overnight sweeping of main roads will start the evening of Thursday, April 2nd (see end of page for details). 

 

Please note that according to Town Bylaw, Title III, Article 1, Section 33: Prohibition Against Obstructing Public Ways, it is forbidden to throw, or cause to be placed or thrown, onto any public sidewalk, street, fire hydrant, or highway and snow, dirt, leaves, gravel, or foreign substance or material.  Violations of this section shall be punishable by a fine of $25.00 per day if the material is not removed.

Be alerted when sweepers are in your neighborhood via text and/or email.

Sign up for Arlington Alerts and provide your text and email information.

Get notified via text and email when street sweepers will be in your neighborhood via Arlington Alerts. In the Arlington Alert notification Public Works will provide a date range of when sweepers will be in your area. The date range allows sweepers to accommodate existing conditions and to clean more streets if conditions allow.

Additionally, sweepers are generally in the neighborhood for 2 days and can come by your street several times, so don’t put your car back in the street right after they pass. They may be off emptying the sweeper or the driver called in for another duty returning hours later or even the next day.   

Check the map below for when sweepers will be in your area.

Planned routes for each day may be found on the map below. These dates are subject to change due to weather, staffing, and equipment issues, thus the reason only a few days are scheduled. Updates are made on Friday afternoons for the following week. Please check back for updates.

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Weekly, Overnight Sweeping of Main Roads  

DPW crews have already begun weekly, overnight sweeping of main roads and will continue until the spring town-wide sweep has completed. This weekly operation is conducted early Friday mornings between the hours of 12:00 AM - 7:00 AM at the following locations.  

Grove St. 
Mass Ave. 
Summer St. 
Brattle St. 
Forest St. 
Lowell St 
Park Ave and Park Ave Ext. 
Appleton St. 
Wachusset Ave. 
Washington St. 
Eastern Ave. 
Gray St. 
Oakland Ave. 
Highland Ave. 
Jason St. 
Mill St. 
Pleasant St 
Lake St. 
Broadway 
Warren St. 
River St. and Bates Rd. 
Medford St 
Chestnut St. and Mystic St 
Academy St. (just to Maple St) 
Municipal Lots (Town Hall, Library, Chestnut & Mystic Street)