The Town of Amherst Department of Public Works has begun
sweeping the Main routes and hills that receive the most sand during the wintermonths. After completing these areas the
DPW will begin sweeping the various sections of town, if all goes well thiswill start on April 9, 2018.
Below are the areas that will be swept and the order they
will be done in.
Central – West includes: AmityStreet, Lincoln Ave. and all streets in between the boundary of Massachusetts Ave and Northampton Rd. (Allen, Beston, Blue Hills Rd., Cosby, Cowls Lane, Dana
Pl., Dana St., Elm, Fearing, Gaylord, Hallock, Kendrick, McClellan, McClure, Nutting Ave, Paige, Phillips, North & South Prospect, and Sunset.),Butterfield Terrace, Greenleaves,
Central
– East includes: Chestnut, High,Canton Ave., Churchill, Clifton Ave., Cottage, Dickinson, Eames Ave., East St. Common, Gray, Grove, Harvard Ave., North Whitney, Hills Rd., Red Gate Lane, Kellogg Ave., Lessey, South Whitney, Spring, Taylor, Mt. Pleasant, Pleasant Court, Pokeberry Ridge, Salem, Seelye, Shumway, Smith, Strong St, Maplewood development , Triangle, Windridge Terrace, North East St from Main to Strong, Hedgerow, Arbor Way and Wildwood Lane
South Amherst. All streets proceeding from Northampton Rd. (south), Bay Rd, Baker, Blakefield, Canterbury Lane, Carriage Rd., Columbia Dr., Country Corners Rd, East Hadley Rd., Elf Hill, Farmington Rd., Glendale Rd., Harris Mt., Hillcrest, Hitchcock,Hulst Rd., Jeffery Lane, Longmeadow Dr., Memorial Drive, Middle St., Mill Lane, Mount Holyoke Dr., Orchard Dr., Pomeroy Lane and developments off Pomeroy Lane, Pondview Dr., Potwine Lane, Rambling Road, Shays St., South East Street from Common to Bay Road, South Pleasant St. to Snell Street, Stagecoach Road, West Bay Rd., West Pomeroy Lane, Woodside, Walnut and Rte 116 (Snell to Glendale).
East Side route includes: all ofEcho Hill, all of Amherst Woods, Route 9 from Amherst Center to Belchertown
town line, Logtown Rd., Hall Dr., Pelham Rd. and all side streets (Jenks, Ward,Thayer, Bayberry Lane), Old Belchertown
Rd., Old Farms Rd., Station Rd., Cortland Dr., Iduna Lane, Stanley Street &Misty Meadows, Valley View Circle, and South East Street Rte. 9 to South Amherst
Common.
North Amherst. All streets proceeding from North PleasantStreet (north of the UMass Campus), East Pleasant St. (north of Strong St.),
Berkshire Terrace, Blackberry Lane, Bridge St., Cherry Lane, Cowls Rd., EastLeverett Rd., Fairfield St., Farview Way, Fisher, Flat Hills Rd., Grantwood
Dr., Harlow Dr., Harris, Henry St., Hitching Post, Hobart Lane, Leverett Rd.,Lilac Lane, Market Hill Rd., Meadow St., Moorland, Old Montague Rd., Old Town
Road, North East St. (north from Strong St.), Pine St., Plumtree, PufferCircle, Pulpit Hill Rd., Rolling Ridge, Rosemary, Russellville Road, Sand Hill
Rd., Sheerman Lane, State St., Summer Street, Sunderland Rd., Shutesbury Rd., Valley Lane and Van Meter.
NOTE: DO NOT leave large windrows or piles of sandalong edge of road. Sweeper cannot pick
up these piles. This material may be brought to the landfill on Route 9 – Belchertown Road and deposited at no charge.
Sweeping operation willcontinue until the mid- to end of June. For additional information, please call the Amherst Department of Public
Works at (413)259-3050 X-0.
Issued by: Guilford Mooring
Superintendent of Public Works