Street & Footpath Cleaning
Our Street and Footpath Cleaning Program is designed to effectively manage the tidying of tree-lined streets in a coordinated manner.
The Council provides a number of street cleaning programs throughout the year in an effort to keep our streets tidy and prevent waste from entering the storm water network.
The frequency of cleaning cycles is determined by seasonal and weather related factors.
Interesting facts
- street sweeping vehicles average a sweeping speed of 4km p/h
- 186km of roads are swept every 28 days
- 2,972km of footpaths are cleaned every year
- average of 2,000 tonnes of waste is collected each year through street and footpath cleaning programs
- much of the debris collected is recycled into high-quality compost.
Program at a glance
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Category |
Cycle |
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Swept and blown 4 weekly in January, February, April, May, June, July, October and December Roads swept 4 weekly in March, August, September and November The following suburbs have a second sweep and blow cycle during May, June and July: Norwood, Kent Town, Hackney, College Park, St Peters. Stepney, Maylands, Evandale, Joslin, Royston Park |
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4 weekly |
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8 weekly |
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Quarterly |
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Annually |
Program components
Residential Roads
The majority of local roads are swept once every four weeks. This cycle maintains the ideal balance between the removal of accumulated leaf and road litter, aesthetics and cost of delivery.
Residential Street and Footpath Cleaning Program Map and Schedule
Main roads and footpaths
Due to the high traffic volume along main arterial roads within the Council area, the roads in the table below are swept all year round on a four weekly cycle.
Footpaths along these roads are swept all year round on an eight weekly cycle.
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Road name |
Area covered |
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Dequetteville Terrace |
North Terrace to Hackney Road |
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Fullarton Road |
Magill Road to Kensington Road |
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Flinders Street |
Fullarton Road to Dequetteville Terrace |
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Glynburn Road |
Payneham Road to Magill Road |
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Hackney Road |
North Terrace to Richmond Street |
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Kensington Road |
Fullarton Road to Portrush Road |
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Lower North East Road |
Glynburn Road to Wicks Avenue |
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Lower Portrush Road |
Payneham Road to Glenbrook Close |
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Magill Road |
Payneham Road to Glynburn Road |
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Nelson Street |
Payneham Road to Magill Road |
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North Terrace |
Fullarton Road to Dequetteville Terrace |
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OG Road |
Payneham Road to Pitt Street |
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Portrush Road |
Payneham Road to Rothbury Avenue |
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Rundle Street |
Fullarton Road to Rundle Street |
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Stephen Terrace |
Payneham Road to Tenth Avenue |
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The Parade |
Fullarton Road to Shipsters Road |
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The Parade West |
Fullarton Road to Rundle Street |
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Payneham Road |
Magill Road to Glynburn Road |
Car parks
Council-owned car parks are swept every three months, to remove any build-up of leaf litter and other materials.
Traffic management devices
Traffic management devices, such as roundabouts and traffic islands, are swept once a year at the end of autumn, to ensure any build-up of material is removed from this important infrastructure.
What you can do
To assist in ensuring the program remains on schedule, please:
- check the Residential Street and Footpath Cleaning Program Map and Schedule to determine when your street is due to be cleaned
- where possible, refrain from parking your car/s on the street
- leave leaves where they fall rather than sweeping them into piles.
