Streetscape maintenance
Council has a team of staff who maintain our streets on a full time basis, delivering verge mowing, street sweeping and high-pressure cleaning services to the community. To see when your verge will be mowed next, use our verge mowing tool.
Streetscape maintenance cycles
Council maintains our streets with a combination of staff and contractors. At the Council meeting on 10 May 2022, new harmonised service standards for the Inner West were adopted. The new standards are as follows:
- Street sweeping of main streets is undertaken seven days per week
- Street sweeping of residential streets is undertaken on a 40 working day cycle
- Verge maintenance (mowing) is undertaken on a 20 working day cycle from October to March, and a 40 working day cycle from April to September.
- Main street high-pressure cleaning is undertaken on a 3 month cycle.
If you have a streetscape related issue, please contact Council using the online request management system at the button links below.
Street sweeping enquiry
Streetscape performance over the years
Inner West Council seeks to examine community attitudes and perceptions towards current and future services and facilities provided by Council on a regular basis and to understand the community’s overall satisfaction with our performance. Below are the results for streetscape maintenance over the years:
| Community Survey Satisfaction Score % | LGA Benchmark (Metro) |
Year | 2017 | 2018 | 2021 | - |
Maintenance and cleaning of town centres | 94 | 91 | 90 | 87 |
Appearance of your local area | 87 | 88 | 90 | 83 |