Keeping the precinct, streets, and footways clean is more than an aesthetic consideration; it is an important part in managing our impact on the environment.
The Street Cleansing Service includes the cleaning and/or sweeping of:
Streets in the City of Unley are classified as arterial, collector or local and are allocated a cyclic cleansing program in accordance with their traffic volume. Climate and seasonal changes; including heavy leaf fall periods, adverse hot weather and high winds may vary the frequency and sequence of each of the programs. The City of Unley continues to provide a reactive level of service for urgent customer requests. The response time of these requests are based on location and risk. To submit a request, please contact us on 8372 5111.
An overview of each of the services is provided below.
The arterial roads are the main roads that bound or run through the City. Duthy Street, George Street and King William Road have been classified as arterial roads due to their traffic volumes. Arterial roads are swept on a fortnightly cyclic program and include:
The collector roads are streets that connect key areas of the City. While they still have a high use they do not have the level of traffic volume experienced by the arterial classification of roads. Collector Roads are swept on a 3-week cyclic program and include:
Local roads cover all the remaining streets and laneways that are used by vehicles within the City. Local roads are swept on a 6-week cyclic program and are swept in order by suburb. These include: