Sweepers to hit Saskatoon streets this week

The warm weather means the City of Saskatoon will move into a full schedule for spring maintenance on city streets.

First up is street sweeping, and pothole patching on priority roads.

“We’re officially in spring cleaning mode with sweepers moving through high-traffic priority streets and crews filling broken pavement with hot-mix asphalt,” Brodie Thompson, acting director of roadways, said in a media release.

Work is expected to ramp up on priority streets, business districts and medians this week and will continue into May.

Residential street sweeping will begin on May 6.

“Thinking about potholes, the great news this spring is that roads are overall pretty smooth thanks to all the road rehabilitation the City’s been investing in,” Thompson said. “This summer, we will focus more of our energy on proactive treatments such as crack sealing to prevent potholes and deterioration of our roads.”

Parking will be temporarily restricted in neighbourhoods that require sweeping for the entire roadway. The intent is to make those roads available for parking when residential sweeping begins.

Bright yellow signs will be posted 36 to 48 hours in advance of sweeping for the allotted neighbourhoods. Failure to move a vehicle in that time may result in tickets and towing.

Pothole patching will follow a similar schedule.

The media release from the city also mentioned underground utility work required more than 1,000 road cuts in the city. Repairs of those cuts will begin next week.

People can report dangerous locations to the the city’s customer car centre and use the Report-a-Pothole app to help the city with prioritization.