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Volunteers needed for Philly's citywide cleanup event in April

Philly Spring Cleanup 2024

Transportation

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

Roosevelt blvd safety

Transportation

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

Kelly Drive Speeding

Investigations

Fugitive arrested in fatal shooting of Philadelphia streets department worker

Grays Ferry Shooting Arrest

Government

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

LED Streetlights Philly

Transportation

Hunting Park Avenue tunnel closed indefinitely for repairs

hunting park avenue tunnel

Government

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

Philadelphia Street Sweeping

Holiday

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

Philly Christmas Tree Recycling Goats

Government

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

Philly Illegal Dumping

Books

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

YaFavTrashman Children's Book

Holiday

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

Christmas tree recycling Philly

Government

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

Philly street cleaning program

Government

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

Rat Philly MLK Drive

Development

Bike lane improvement project begins across Philly

Philadelphia bike lanes construction

Donations

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

Budweiser Hands Contest

Weather

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

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Weather

Winter storm brings significant snowfall to Philly region

snow car sumac street

City Services

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

philly trash recycling collections columbus day

Sanitation

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

trash recycling collections philly labor day

Sanitation

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

Philly trash recycling collections

Trash

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

philly trash recycling

Government

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

Philly trash recycling collections

Sanitation

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

Upper Darby Sanitation Department

Sanitation

Philly suspends recycling collection as Tropical Storm Isaias heads north

Philadelphia trash recycling collection

Government

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

Philadelphia trash recycling collection

Construction

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

Bike Lane 22nd Street

Protests

Sanitation workers call for hazard pay, more protections during pandemic

philadelphia sanitation workers protest

Government

Philly expanding street sweeping program to new neighborhoods

Street sweeping philadelphia neighborhoods

Controversies

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

Water Main Break

Infrastructure

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

Infrastructure

Philly plans $200 million in road repaving for 2019

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

potholes philadelphia streets

Recycling

Careless Christmas party guests can ruin recycling for your whole block

Christmas recycling philadelphia

Litter

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

Garbage on Street – Carroll

Recycling

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

Philadelphia what can be recycled

Policy

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

kenzo block party 2

Transportation

Streets Dept. to close stretch of Broad Street over holiday weekend

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Streets Department

It's officially paving season in Philadelphia

potholes philadelphia streets

Vision Zero

New truck safety enhancements could mean fewer pedestrian, cyclist deaths

trash compactor safety enhancements

Opinion

Why Philly's spring clean mascot 'Sun Ray' freaks me the heck out

Sun Ray

Streets

Humongous sinkhole stuns neighbors on Fishtown side street

Carroll - Massive Sinkhole in Fishtown

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