Street Sweeping

Employee wearing orange high visibility vest drives a white street sweeper with the Clark County logo seen on the driver side door.


Clark County Public Works sweeps residential streets during fall, winter and spring months. During the summer, street sweepers are used primarily for summer road preservation and other construction projects.

Residential streets are swept 3-4 times a year, typically during the daytime. Arterials are swept about once a month, typically during  the late afternoon or evening.

The county coordinates its sweeping schedule with garbage-recycling pickup to avoid conflicts.

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Public Works sweeps residential roadways 3-4 times per year. Please refer to the map below to see which roadways have been swept during the current sweeping cycle and which roadways have yet to be swept during the current cycle. We hope to add additional information about residential street sweeping, soon. (You may need to allow the map to load; or click "View larger map".)

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Sweeping debris that accumulates on streets prevents clogged drainage systems and flooding/standing water on roadways. Water from roads drains to streams, so sweeping also removes garbage, pollution and sediment before it can enter streams. 

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Clark County maintains thousands of lane miles of roadway and over 12,000 storm drains. Especially during the time of year when leaves are falling constantly, it would require dozens of street sweepers to be able to sweep streets more frequently than our current schedule. 

If debris buildup on a county road is impacting the flow of water to drains, creating flooding issues or other hazards, please report it at https://clark.wa.gov/public-works/report-park-road. We can send out sweepers for urgent issues. 

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While we sweep as often as we are able, we need residents to help keep drains clear. 

  • Residents should remove and dispose of leaves from their property before they reach the roadway. Intentionally blowing, raking or sweeping leaves onto county roads is littering and violates county code (Clark County Code, 9.28, Littering).
  • Residents can put their leaves into yard debris carts for curbside pickup.
  • Residents can use a leaf disposal coupon, offered to residents between Oct. 1 through Dec. 31.
  • Residents can sign up for the Adopt-A-Drain program to help prevent stormwater pollution. Learn more.