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Residential Street Sweeping Suspended Until March 1

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From EOM:

“Residential Street Sweeping: Street sweeping in signed residential neighborhoods will resume March 1. Sweeping was suspended this week to allow the crews to clear storm debris, and the end of this program is October 31. Therefore, motorists do not need to obey the parking restrictions on Tuesday or Wednesday. Street sweeping will resume March 1.”

In other DPW news:

“Trash/recycling collections: 1. Residents living in once-a-week collections neighborhoods are asked to hold onto their trash and recyclables until next Tuesday, when normal collections will be made. 2. Residents living in twice-a-week collections neighborhoods whose recycling is collected on Tuesdays are asked to hold onto their recyclables until next Tuesday. These residents’ trash will be collected on Friday. Residents whose recycling is collected on Friday, their recyclables will be collected.”

Category: DC Government, Top Stories

By: Prince Of Petworth | 29 October 2012 6:07 PM | 12 Comments

A. Nonymous

Yessssssss

October 29, 2012 at 6:12 pm
dc_mike

WOOOOOOO!

October 29, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Anonymous

The end of street sweeping is my favorite time of the year!

October 29, 2012 at 11:06 pm
dcd

The last sentence in the DPW announcement hurts my brain.

(Note – I am not correcting other posters’ grammar, per PoP instructions, just commenting on the lack of literacy in the DC Government.)

October 30, 2012 at 6:12 am
- caroline
  
  So I live in a twice-a-week collection neighborhood (trash + recycling on Monday and trash on Thursday). DPW never made it to my block to get the trash yesterday, so does this mean the trash will be picked up Thursday and recycling not until next Monday?
  
  October 30, 2012 at 9:21 am
- washingtonian
  
  That last sentence is repititious, but breaks no rules of grammar. Thus, that sentence does not display a “lack of literacy”. You display a bit of pomposity, however.
  
  October 30, 2012 at 9:43 am
  - washingtonian
    
    (the following reply was erroneously placed in the wrong part of this thread earlier)
    
    Well, perhaps it does break a grammatical rule, as it is in the passive voice. It would be better to say “The city will collect recylables for all residents whose recyling is regularly collected on Friday” (but still repititious).
    
    October 30, 2012 at 9:47 am
- textdoc
  
  I think we’re allowed to criticize DPW’s poor grammar all we want.
  
  “Residents whose recycling is collected on Friday, their recyclables will be collected” made me cringe too. I would’ve recommended “Residents whose recycling is collected on Fridays will have their recycling collected as usual this Friday.”
  
  October 30, 2012 at 4:14 pm
Hmm...

What about all the leaves that are still going to fall across the city and onto the streets that will clog drains?

October 30, 2012 at 9:07 am
- GreenThumb
  
  The city typically provides leaf removal now thru January. Checkout the DPW site for more information about when crews will be working in your area.
  
  October 30, 2012 at 9:10 am
  - textdoc
    
    Unfortunately, the leaf collection in fall/winter is so infrequent that it doesn’t really compensate for weekly street sweeping. I looked my block up last week, and leaf collection isn’t until December 17.
    
    October 30, 2012 at 4:16 pm
washingtonian

Well, perhaps it does break a grammatical rule, as it is in the passive voice. It would be better to say “The city will collect recylables for all residents whose recyling is regularly collected on Friday” (but still repititious).

October 30, 2012 at 9:46 am