Roads and footpaths

Street and footpath maintenance | Weed control | Street cleaning

Street orderlies and their hand-carts

Street cleaning

Auckland City Council is responsible for the cleaning of the streets and footpaths, to keep the city looking clean and tidy. This takes place mainly during the early hours of the morning and involves mechanically, and manually sweeping the footpaths and streets as well as collecting all the litter. A designated person with a hand-cart also carries out spot cleaning in the Central Business District (CBD), Karangahape Rd, Newmarket, and Ponsonby shopping districts during the day.

Street sweeping vehicle

The cleaning schedule varies throughout the city with high use areas such as the CBD being cleaned continually throughout the day. The shopping areas in the suburbs are cleaned nightly. Main arterial routes are swept weekly and residential streets are swept approximately every twelve weeks. Frequencies and exact cleaning schedules are planned appropriate to area's use.

The litter bins are emptied daily.