Today’s question: “Do I ride through this sand and glass along the curb or pull out into the traffic in the hope of avoiding a flat tire or a nasty fall?”
Here is a list of contacts for street sweeping at each of the local jurisdictions in northern Nevada:
City of Sparks:
www.ci.sparks.nv.us, eBetter Place or Ron Korman, 353-2271, rkorman@cityofsparks.us
City of Reno:
www.cityofreno.com, Reno Direct, 334-4636, renodirect@cityofreno.com
or Darrel Ellis, 334-2243, ellisd@cityofreno.nv.us
Each street in the City of Reno is swept 1 time each month in accordance with air quality standards. Some streets do get a lot of debris in the curb lines and bike lanes between sweeping.
Washoe County:
Bill Orozsi, 348-2180, worozsi@washoecounty.us
The County sweeps all paved streets every 6 weeks, and they try to sweep special requests as they receive them.
NDOT:
Dave Titzel, 834-8300, dtitzel@dot.state.nv.us
All of McCarran Blvd is now maintained by the state.