Almost 400 City of Toronto workers will be deployed across the 6ix on Saturday for the second major cleaning blitz of the summer, part of the Keep Toronto Beautiful initiative.
The crews will focus on the Bayview Avenue and Lawren Harris Square areas, beginning at 9 a.m. near 242 Bayview Avenue at the intersection with King Street East.
Mayor Olivia Chow launched Keep Toronto Beautiful last month, a citywide campaign aimed at keeping public spaces clean, safe, and well-maintained. The initiative acknowledges that a clean city has a positive impact on public health, the environment, the economy, and overall quality of life.
From now through the fall, crews of 300 to 400 people will target high-need areas across Toronto on several Saturdays, supplementing the City’s daily patrols.
Their work includes graffiti and litter removal, weed control, tree maintenance, installing over 600 new garbage and recycling bins in busy parks, cleaning illegal dumping hotspots, sweeping streets and laneways, repairing potholes and bike infrastructure, and repainting pavement markings to improve road safety.
In addition to these blitzes, the City is increasing daily maintenance efforts in public parks and pools, including repairing benches and picnic tables, cleaning, and adding custodial staff. Up to 30 students have been hired to assist summer park cleaning teams.
Data and 311 Service Requests help identify priority neighbourhoods, with a focus on applying an equity lens to support historically underserved and vulnerable communities.
Residents and visitors are encouraged to help by refraining from littering, participating in local clean-up efforts, and joining Community Environment Days to reduce waste.
For more details on the initiative and future blitz dates, you can visit here.
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