Mayor Urges Signups For Street Sweeping Alerts System

With the impending arrival of street sweeping season, Mayor Greg Fischer today reminded Louisville residents to sign up to receive an automatic notice, via text or email, when their street is scheduled to be swept by Metro Public Works.

The alerts system was introduced last year as a way to notify residents in advance that they must find alternate parking on street sweeping day. No parking is allowed on affected streets during street sweeping, and violators are subject to citation and/or towing.

About 6,000 people signed up for the alerts last year. As a result, the number of parking tickets issued for street sweeping violations dropped from 12,938 in 2015, to 7,493 in 2016. “This year, we want to build on that success and get even more people to sign up for electronic street sweeping alerts,” the Mayor said.

“The people of Louisville deserve clean streets. And we want to work with citizens to make sure they know when sweeping is happening so our streets get cleaned, and nobody has to get towed or ticketed.”

Residents can subscribe to the alerts by going to https://louisvilleky.gov/city-services/mylouisville and entering their address in the MyLouisville box and following the brief instructions for choosing email and/or text alerts (Note: You must at least enter an email address). They are also able to subscribe to reminders for Project Pickup junk collection dates.

Subscribers are alerted one week in advance that street sweeping is scheduled for their general area. A second alert goes out the day before street sweeping to tell residents that their particular block is to be swept. The alerts are in addition to signs that are posted on affected streets on the business day preceding street sweeping.

Street cleaning is scheduled from March through November. During that time, curbed neighborhood streets are generally cleaned three times.

• Street cleaning signs are posted prior to 5 p.m. on the business day before sweeping occurs. They alert residents that there is No Parking between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on sweeping day.
• Sweeping is conducted each day on east/west streets only, or north/south streets only, to make it easier for residents to find alternate parking.
• Vehicles parked in No Parking areas are subject to citation and/or towing.
• Residents should not park in affected areas until after 5 p.m., even if it appears an area has been swept, as sweepers may return before that time.
• The No Parking zone covers both sides of the street, though signs may only be posted on one side.

The MyLouisville online tool also provides information on garbage and recycling collection dates, emergency services and political representation, in addition to the alerts.