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Roadwork, Plowing & Sweeping
The Streets Division is responsible for the maintenance and repair of Edina's more than 230 miles of city streets and public parking lots.
Signs & Signals
Public Works is responsible for ensuring the safe movement of vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists throughout the City's rights of way. We handle:
- Crosswalk painting
- Installation and maintenance of street signs including street names, stop signs, speed limits, yield, pedestrian crossing, etc.
- Lane striping (center lanes and bike lanes)
- Pavement markings (turns lanes, arrows, etc.)
Additional Duties
- Graffiti control
- Guardrail repair
- Providing barricades for block parties
- Work zone traffic control
- When can I expect my street to be swept?
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Residential street sweeping takes place twice a year, once in the summer and in the fall. It takes four to five weeks to get the entire City swept. Weather predicts when the operation is in full swing.
- I've noticed colored flags in my yard. What do they mean?
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Gopher State One Call takes requests from callers who plan to do excavation work. The utility companies or a utility locating services company mark the locations of the underground utilities with corresponding paint and flags.
- White = Proposed excavation
- Pink = Temporary survey markings
- Red = Electric power lines, cables, conduit and lighting cables
- Yellow = Gas, oil, steam, petroleum or gaseous materials
- Blue = Potable water
- Purple = Reclaimed water, irrigation and slurry lines
- Green = Sewer and Drain Lines.
- When will my fire hydrant be flushed?
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The Utilities Division will flush hydrants for four weeks in May from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Other hydrants will also be flushed throughout the year as weather and water demand allows.