Street Sweeping Begins April 3

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>STREET SWEEPING BEGINS APRIL 3 IN UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
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>        COLUMBUS - The City of Columbus Public Service Department will begin
>regular monthly street sweeping in the University District on April 3 as
>part of joint efforts by the city, The Ohio State University and
>neighborhood leaders to improve the appearance of the area.
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>        Neil Avenue from Goodale Street to Ninth Avenue will be swept twice
>monthly from April through October in conjunction with sweeping in Victorian
>Village.  This sweeping will be done, beginning April 3, on the first and
>third Thursdays and Fridays of each month.  Parking will be restricted from
>8 to 10 a.m. on the east side on Thursday and on the west side on Friday.
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>For the rest of the University District, the city will sweep once monthly
>all streets in the predominantly student neighborhood east of High Street
>and all arterial streets throughout the University District on the second
>Thursday and second Friday from April through October.  This sweeping begins
>April 10 and 11.  Parking will be restricted from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the
>north and east sides of the streets on Thursday and on the south and west
>sides on Friday.
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>The city has installed nearly 900 permanent signs on the affected streets
>warning of the sweeping.  Vehicles left in the no-parking zone during
>sweeping hours will be ticketed and towed.
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>        Ohio State will offer parking without charge to residents who must
>move their vehicles for the street sweeping on the second Thursdays and
>second Fridays.  On those days, residents may park in the north riverbank
>lot on the west bank of the Olentangy River between the Woody Hayes Drive
>and Lane Avenue bridges.  No parking decal will be required.
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>The sweeping has the support of the University Area Commission, University
>District Organization, University Community Association, University
>Community Business Association and Campus Partners.
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>Other city streets are cleaned on an as-needed basis or in response to a
>resident's request.  All city streets receive attention twice each year.
>Residents who wish to notify the Public Service Department's Engineering and
>Construction Division about a concern in their area should call 645-8120.
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>Contact:  Susan Watiker, public information officer, City of Columbus Public
>Service Department, 645-7263, or Steve Sterrett, community relations
>director, Campus Partners, 294-7300.
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[Submitted by: Ruth Gerstner  (gerstner.2@osu.edu)
               
Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:08:41 -0500]
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