Photo by afagen

Spring must really be right around the corner, because the District’s Department of Public Works is already planning on resuming residential street sweeping later this month. Daytime mechanical street sweeping is set to return on Monday, March 22, with enforcement of alternate-side parking restrictions returning a week later, on March 29. Street sweeping tickets cost $30 a pop, so be sure to mark your calendar to remember to start moving your car again in a few weeks.

Despite the parking tickets, it’ll frankly be a welcome sight to see sweepers return to residential streets in the city — all the debris that was up until recently hidden by massive piles of snow is starting to make the District look a bit filthy.