Clean Sweep nets highest tonnage since 2014

Cheney’s 11th annual community-wide clean up day April 21 yielded the highest tonnage results in four years, according to information from the city’s Public Works Department.

In a May 8 memo to Mayor Chris Grover and the City Council, Public Works Director Todd Ableman reported that 220 participants, including 206 citizen volunteers, collected or took in 20.09 tons of garbage, metals and building materials. Of those, the 9.17 tons of building materials was the highest in the last seven years, while the 4.65 tons of metals was the most since the 4.85 in 2014, and third highest since 2011.

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