Street Sweeping Information

Street Sweeping

The primary objective of the city’s Street Sweeping Program is to remove sediment, trash, and debris before it gets transported to water bodies and waterways. Sweeping also helps maintain air quality, improves roadway appearance, and maintains safety. 

Street sweeping is a Best Management Practice (BMP) within the city’s Stormwater management plan required by the General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater from Small Municipal Storm Sewer Systems (MS4 Stormwater Permit). 

The Operations Division of the City’s Public Works Department sweeps all city-owned streets at least two times per year, based on the following:

Time of Year

Frequency

Location

Mid-March through Mid-June

Once, each side of street

All city streets

Mid-August through Mid-November

Once, each side of street

All city streets

 

During other times of the year, the following priority streets are swept on a rotating basis:


Priority East-West Streets:

  • West 45th Avenue: Pierce Street to Newland Street
  • West 44th Avenue: I-70 overpass to Fenton Street
  • West 41st Avenue: Kipling to Independence & Ammons to Wadsworth Blvd.
  • West 39th Avenue: Kipling Street east to school & High Court to Reed St.
  • West 38th Place:   Parfet Street to Oak Street.
  • West 38th Avenue: Youngfield Street to Sheridan Blvd.
  • West 32nd Avenue: Youngfield Service Road to Sheridan Blvd.
  • West 29th Avenue: Wadsworth Blvd. to Sheridan Blvd.
  • West 26th Avenue*: Pierce Street to Sheridan Blvd.


* West 26th Avenue from Oak to Kipling Street & Wadsworth Blvd. to Pierce Street is maintained by the City of Lakewood.


Priority North-South Streets:

  • Harlan Street: W. 32nd Avenue to I-70 overpass
  • Youngfield Street:    W. 29th Avenue to W. 44th Avenue
  • Quail Street:  W. 32nd Ave, north to school
  • Pierson Street: W. 32nd  Ave, north to school
  • Parfet Street: W. 32nd Avenue to W. 38th Place
  • Miller Street:  W. 44th Avenue to I-70 south frontage road
  • Kipling Street: I-70 north frontage road to W. 51st Place
  • Independence Street: W. 38th Av to 41st Ave & W.44th Ave to I-70 south frontage road
  • Holland Street: W. 32nd Avenue to W. 38th Avenue
  • Dudley Street: W. 32nd Avenue to W. 38th Avenue
  • Dover Street: W. 38th Avenue to W. 44th Avenue
  • Ammons Street: W. 41st Avenue to W. 44th Avenue
  • Upham Street: W. 38th Avenue to W. 44th Avenue
  • High Court:    W. 38th Avenue to W. 39th Avenue
  • Reed Street:  W. 38th Avenue to W. 44th Avenue
  • Pierce Street: W. 26th Avenue to W. 48th Avenue
  • Otis Street:    W. 38th Avenue to W. 44th Avenue
  • Newland Street: W. 44th Avenue to W. 48th Avenue


Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is responsible for the following roadways:

  • Ward Road
  • Kipling Street
  • Wadsworth Boulevard

 

Alleyways are swept once a year, usually in the spring.

 

Raking, blowing or depositing leaves or grass clippings from private property into the city’s streets or gutters is considered littering. Violators will be cited. (Municipal Code Section 17-43)