Make it a clean sweep — here’s what you need to know about sweeper cells in the Loop.
– Street sweeping frequency varies within the Loop area but on average, the arterial streets see two sweepers daily, said Matt Smith, spokesman for the city Department of Streets and Sanitation.
– Sweepers tackle the residential streets in the northwest corner of the area, from Wells Street to the Chicago River in the 42nd Ward, two to five times a month from April through November, according to schedules posted on cityofchicago.org.
– A section south of the Loop, from Harrison Street to Roosevelt Road and Wabash Avenue to Wells Street in the 2nd Ward, sees street sweepers only one to two times a month on the residential streets and not at all in May, according to the online schedule.
