Guide DCR Street Sweeping

DCR’s annual program of monthly street-sweeping along selected roadways in the Boston area to clean those roadways and improve the quality of storm water runoff begins Tuesday, April 3 and will continue through Friday, November 30. AM sweeping starts at 8 AM unless other arrangements are made.
PM sweeping starts at 12 Noon

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Times

AM sweeping starts at 8 AM unless other arrangements are made.

PM sweeping starts at 12 Noon

Additional Resources

2018 Street Sweeping Schedule (PDF 7.23 KB)

Legend

(IB) - Inbound (OB) - Outbound

No Parking

On designated sweeping days, parking is prohibited at various times along marked DCR streets and parkways. “No parking” signs have been installed at specific DCR locations, noting the day and hours that parking is prohibited. Massachusetts State Police will enforce the parking restrictions, and cars in violation will be towed. If your car has been towed, contact the nearest state police station for information on retrieval.

Week 1

1st Monday

AM	PM
Coastal District Mary O'Malley Park Commandant's Way	Constitution Beach Road Parking Lots

1st Tuesday

AM	PM
Lynn-Fells Parkway [LFPW] (Westbound Rt. 1 to West Wyoming Ave.)	Lynn-Fells Parkway [LFPW] (Eastbound West Wyoming Ave. to Rt. 1)

1st Wednesday

AM	PM
Quincy Shore Drive [QSDR] (East Squantum St. to Sea St.)	Furnace Brook Parkway [FBPW] (Quincy Shore Dr. to Rt. 93 Rotary)

1st Thursday

AM	PM
Day Boulevard [WDBV] (Columbia Rd. to Castle Island)	Old Colony Avenue (IB) [OCAV] (Kosciusko Circle to Columbia Rd.)

1st Friday

AM	PM
Day Boulevard [WDBV] (Castle Island to Columbia Rd.)	Old Colony Avenue (IB) [OCAV] (Columbia Rd. to Morrissey Blvd)

Week 2

2nd Monday

AM	PM
Boston Rivers District Parking Lots	Parking Lots

2nd Tuesday

AM	PM
Blue Hills Parkway [BHPW] (Both Sides)	Brush Hill Road [BHRD] Truman Highway [TRPW] (Both Sides)

2nd Wednesday

AM	PM
*Inner Arborway (OB) [ARBO] Willow Pond Road [WPRD] Parkman Drive [PMST]	Centre Street [CENT] (Murray Circle to VFW Pkwy)

*Inner Arborway covers the frontage road between Forest Hills and Centre Street

2nd Thursday

AM	PM
Riverway [RIWY] (Areas w/cars)	Jamaicaway [JWAY] Perkins Street [PERK] (Areas w/cars)

2nd Friday

AM	PM
Fenway [FENW] Forsyth Way [FOWY]	Charlesgate Extension [CHGT] Fenway [FENW] Boylston Street [BOYL]

Week 3

3rd Monday

AM	PM
Middlesex & Essex District Parking Lots	Parking Lots

3rd Tuesday

AM	PM
Park Drive [PKDR] Boylston Street [BOYL] Agassiz Road [AGAS]	Park Drive [PKDR] (#191 to Beacon St.)

3rd Wednesday

AM	PM
Cambridge Parkway [CBPW] Memorial Drive [MMDR] (Areas w/cars)	David Mugar Way [MUWY] Hawthorne Street [HWST]

3rd Thursday

AM	PM
Winthrop Shore Drive [WINT] (Areas w/cars)	Winthrop Parkway [WIPW] (Eliot Circle to Short Beach)

3rd Friday

AM	PM
Chestnut Hill Driveway [CHDR] St. Thomas Moore Road [TMST]	Hammond Pond Parkway [HPPW] (Beacon St. to Newton St.)

Week 4

4th Monday

AM	PM
Middlesex & Essex District Parking Lots	Parking Lots

4th Tuesday

AM	PM
Fellsway / Fellsway East (OB) [FELL] (Wellington Circle to East Border Rd.)

4th Wednesday

AM	PM
Fellsway East (IB) [FELL] and Fellsway West (OB) (East Border Rd. to Parkway St.)

4th Thursday

AM	PM
Fellsway West / Fellsway (IB) [FELL] (Fulton St. to Wellington Circle)

4th Friday

AM	PM
Revere Beach Blvd [RBBV] (6:00 AM Start Time) (Eliot Circle to Carey Circle)

Key Actions

DCR Stormwater Management

Engineering