Since April, municipal staff have been conducting annual spring cleanup activities across the region, including the Overnight Street Cleaning Program on the Halifax Peninsula.
As municipal parking enforcement has resumed with the lifting of some public health restrictions, overnight parking enforcement related to street cleaning will also resume effective Monday, June 22 at 12:05 a.m.
Overnight Street Cleaning Program
Halifax Peninsula street cleaning takes place on weekdays between 12:05 a.m. and 8 a.m., to minimize the impact on daytime traffic and parking. All other areas scheduled for street cleaning are completed during daytime hours. Crews cycle through the neighbourhoods, so residents should refer to on-street parking signage for their service day.
This substantial street cleaning program takes place each year between April and October, to wash away remaining salt and brine, and to ensure the streets are kept reasonably clear of debris for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. As a preventative measure, the program also helps decrease the amount of debris and sediment entering the storm drain system.
The program includes weekly, scheduled service on the Halifax Peninsula, and other streets within the municipality’s core area are serviced no less than three times per year.
Clearing debris from the region’s bicycle lanes will take place in tandem with the street cleaning work.
For more information or to find out when your street will be serviced, please call 311.
Spring Cleanup on Personal Property
Residents are encouraged to assist with spring cleanup activities by cleaning up around their own property if they can safely do so while adhering to the guidelines in the provincial State of Emergency Order.
Garbage on private property is the responsibility of the property owner and should be properly sorted and prepared for curbside collection. The schedule for collection of garbage, organics and recyclables is available online at halifax.ca/whatgoeswhere.
Residents are permitted to place one large bulky item, such as a piece of furniture, curbside for collection every garbage day. The Otter Lake Waste Processing & Disposal Facility, which continues to operate on a regular schedule, also accepts excess bags of garbage from residents, for a small fee.
Leaf and yard waste can be placed in the green bin, but no grass clippings. Any excess leaf and yard waste can be placed in large paper bags - not plastic - for curbside organics collection. Material must be placed curbside no later than 7 a.m. on collection day to ensure pickup.
The municipality supports The Great Nova Scotia Pick-Me-Up. As of June 15, groups who wish to conduct community litter clean-ups can register through their website. Registered groups can find more on how to dispose of collected litter at halifax.ca/litter.
Please report turf, curb, or other damage sustained from snow clearing operations to 311 or contactus@311.halifax.ca.