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[IanO]

Back in a previous role/life, I spent considerable time and effort trying to get a higher standard/level of service for just that. It was pulling teeth and few, if any, actually seemed to care... at City Hall, Admin or even the business community.

Edmonton is a difficult place to keep clean and I am hopeful with what I am now seeing, but it rarely presents well and could be significantly improved if we took as much of the dirt, grime, dust away as early as possible AND on a regular basis to lesson the exfoliation of pedestrians walking down Jasper.

Alas.

 

[kcantor]

while riverdale appreciates this, i think most of us would still prefer getting downtown finished first…

ps. all they did was this one of the three dropped curbs at this corner (which didn’t really need it any more than the other two).

 

[thommyjo]

while riverdale appreciates this, i think most of us would still prefer getting downtown finished first…View attachment 466263
ps. all they did was this one of the three dropped curbs at this corner (which didn’t really need it any more than the other two).

Responding to 311 requests vs scheduled work maybe?

 

[IanO]

^^The Walterdale Bridge was never properly washed down last year (or years before) all year... our current 'signature' bridge, gateway, entrance....

 

[David A]

I sometime wonder, does anyone planning this sort of clean up actually ever get out of their office and go around the city?

 

[IanO]

The QA/QC and overall care/concern has always been a question of mine.

 

[IanO]

Join us for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Downtown Edmonton Community League (DECL). This year we’re pleased to welcome you back in person at our community space (10042 103 Street)!

Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Registration 6:30 p.m.
Meeting 7:00 p.m.

We are pleased to welcome Puneeta McBryan, Executive Director of the Edmonton Downtown Business Association as our special guest speaker. We will also have updates from other partners and organizations Downtown.

Annual General Meeting 2023

Join us for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Downtown Edmonton Community League (DECL). This year we’re pleased to welcome you back in person at our community space (10042 103 Street)!…

www.decl.org

 

[MacLac]

Street sweeping to start Monday in Edmonton

The city plans to start street sweeping on Monday, weather permitting.

edmonton.ctvnews.ca

Sweeping program starts Monday

 

[Gronk!]

What's wrong with this picture?

 

[CaptainBL]

Street sweeping to start Monday in Edmonton

The city plans to start street sweeping on Monday, weather permitting.

edmonton.ctvnews.ca

Sweeping program starts Monday

So if I understand the map in this article correctly, many areas outside the core are scheduled (red lines) for sweeping yet key areas like our entrance into the city i.e. Gateway, the downtown core, and prominent areas like Whyte ave have not yet been scheduled yet (blue lines)???

For refence, the sweeping schedule map from the article is here:

ArcGIS Web Application

gis.edmonton.ca

If that is the case, that makes literally no sense at all.

 

[David A]

Maybe the new motto of the City of Edmonton should be "Ignore the Core" because this sort of seems what is happening here.

 

[TAS]

^ It should be orange lines - already in progress.

 

[David A]

I haven't seen much happening, but I hope you are right and the map is wrong.

 

[IanO]

I've harped on this for years.

Random residential neighbourhoods get done before areas with higher pedestrian use, key arteries, higher densities etc.

 

[Greenspace]

Saw them out on 104 avenue last evening.