Streets Department

Washington Avenue Connector

Nearly completed Washington Avenue Connector is part of a broader vision for Delaware River waterfront

There's an anti-cruising sign still standing in Rittenhouse. It reflects the area's complicated queer history.

No cruising sign

Improved MLK Drive Bridge to reopen this month after more than two years of repair work

MLK Drive Bridge

Reopening of MLK Drive Bridge pushed back to September after cold weather slowed repairs

MLK Bridge Construction

Bob & Barbara's must knock down its $35,000 streetery after losing legal fight with city

Bob Barbara's Streetery

Philly's street-sweeping program has expanded to more blocks this year

Street Sweeping Philly

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Volunteers needed for Philly's citywide cleanup event in April

Philly Spring Cleanup 2024

Philadelphia gets $19.3 million for road safety projects from PennDOT, most directed to Roosevelt Boulevard work

Roosevelt blvd safety

Speed limit on Kelly Drive lowered to 25 mph in hopes of reducing crashes

Kelly Drive Speeding

Fugitive arrested in fatal shooting of Philadelphia streets department worker

Grays Ferry Shooting Arrest

Philly's new streetlights will eliminate need to report outages to 311, and they'll use less energy

LED Streetlights Philly

Hunting Park Avenue tunnel closed indefinitely for repairs

hunting park avenue tunnel

Philly to resume street sweeping this spring in neighborhoods most impacted by litter

Philadelphia Street Sweeping

Recycle your Christmas tree at the Philly Goat Project or these city locations

Philly Christmas Tree Recycling Goats

Philly is turning to civil prosecution – and mobile cameras – to fight its illegal dumping problem

Philly Illegal Dumping

Ya Fav Trashman to publish children's book about importance of clean communities

YaFavTrashman Children's Book

Feeding your Christmas tree to goats and other ways to recycle those holiday evergreens

Christmas tree recycling Philly

Street cleaning to resume in Philly with plans to expand to new neighborhoods in coming months

Philly street cleaning program

Dead rat painted with line stripe on MLK Drive is 'unacceptable work,' Streets Department says

Rat Philly MLK Drive

Bike lane improvement project begins across Philly

Philadelphia bike lanes construction

Budweiser contest will pay rent for Philly's 'hardest working hands'

Budweiser Hands Contest

Snowstorm forces closure of COVID-19 vaccination mega-site in Burlington County

Winter storm brings significant snowfall to Philly region

snow car sumac street

Trash, recycling collections to be delayed across Philly this week due to Columbus Day

philly trash recycling collections columbus day

Trash, recycling collections delayed by one day across Philly due to Labor Day

trash recycling collections philly labor day

Trash, recycling collection expected to operate on regular schedule this week

Philly trash recycling collections

Trash, recycling collection will continue to be delayed in Philly this week

philly trash recycling

Philadelphia trash, recycling collections operating a day late this week, Streets Department says

Philly trash recycling collections

Entire Upper Darby Sanitation Division quarantining for two weeks due to COVID-19 outbreak among staff

Upper Darby Sanitation Department

Philly suspends recycling collection as Tropical Storm Isaias heads north

Philadelphia trash recycling collection

COVID-19 cases, hot weather to blame for Philly's trash backup, Kenney says

Philadelphia trash recycling collection

Philly to begin resurfacing 22nd Street, add protected bike lane

Bike Lane 22nd Street

Sanitation workers call for hazard pay, more protections during pandemic

philadelphia sanitation workers protest

Philly expanding street sweeping program to new neighborhoods

Street sweeping philadelphia neighborhoods

South Philly couple refuses to repair damaged water line, alleging city workers to blame

Water Main Break

Spruce and Pine streets resurfacing, paving, bike lane safety project underway

Carroll - Bike Lane Switch

Streets Department

Philly discontinuing recycling rewards program amid rising market costs

Philadelphia Recycling Bins

Philly plans $200 million in road repaving for 2019

Mayor Kenney's proposed budget includes $200 million to repave hundreds of miles of city streets

potholes philadelphia streets

Careless Christmas party guests can ruin recycling for your whole block

Christmas recycling philadelphia

Philly (hoping) to begin street sweeping (pilot in a targeted area) in 2019

Garbage on Street – Carroll

Stop recycling takeout containers, Philadelphia – but go ahead and leave caps on water bottles

Philadelphia what can be recycled

Block parties in Philly now require approval from local police, which has angered some residents

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