Street Sweeping

The Sweeping Program for the City of Canton is committed to keeping the city streets clean and to keeping debris from entering the city's drainage system. Our goal is to sweep all city streets at least once per year if not more, weather permitting. The sweeping is not set by ward due to their being too small and restrictive, thus not very efficient for such a large sweeping program.

Sweeping Rotation

The Canton Street Department does a sweeping rotation where the city is separated into four quadrants using the boundaries of Market (east and west) and 12th Street Northwest (north and south). This year (2022) we started in the Northwest quadrant. We start in a different quadrant each year always going in a clockwise rotation. This way, a different quadrant will be first each year.

Keep in Mind

State Routes 30 and 62 are a high priority and will take precedence over the sweeping rotation. On average the highways are swept 4 times per year, taking a week to two weeks to complete. Other exceptions to the aforementioned rotation are the Hall of Fame Marathon in April and the pre-scheduled Ban Litter Clean-Up locations.

While every resident or council person in the city needs their street swept, I would like to ask everyone for patience in this matter. If we do not stick to a schedule and pull the sweeping crew off their route every time we receive a request, then our mission of covering every city street will not be possible.

Sweeping Facts

• In 2021 Street Department personnel swept over 2,184 lane miles of city streets and highways.
• 1,867 tons of debris was removed from the roadway surfaces.