Street Department

The street department keeps the roads in good driving condition. They have 13.3 lane miles that need to be swept, painted, repaired, plowed, and sanded. All streets in the city are paved and lighted. Through Xcel Energy, we maintain 301 street lights throughout the city. About one-half of our streets are classified as main arteries, for example, South Cherry Street, East Mississippi Avenue, and East Virginia Avenue. Leetsdale Drive and South Colorado Boulevard are classified as state highways and are maintained by the State of Colorado or the City of Denver.

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Street Sweeping
Snow Plowing
Reporting Potholes
Report Burned Out Street Lights
Report Non-Working Traffic Signals
Street Repair Schedule
Storm Sewers

Street Sweeping

Keeping streets clean in very important. Debris on the streets can cause safety hazards, health problems, and it simply looks bad. Sand and grit left on the streets after sanding can add to the metro area's brown cloud, the air pollution that plagues the area in the winter. By keeping the streets swept clean, we can do our part to reduce air pollution. Our street sweeper picks up over 400 tons of dirt from the streets each year.

Snow Plowing

Because of Colorado's changeable weather, Glendale has its sanding and plowing fleet ready to go in September. We have one sanding truck and 8 plowing trucks. A typical snowy winter requires us to use about 98 tons of sand in order to make the streets safe and passable. Our fleet is on call 24 hours a day during the snow season. We respond as quickly as possible to keep Glendale's streets clear for safety and ease of travel during and after a snowstorm event. Please remember that the street department keeps the streets clean and free of snow, but sidewalk snow removal is the building owner's responsibility.

Reporting Potholes

The street repair crew strives to eliminate any potholes within the streets of Glendale as soon as they develop. If you find a pothole that we have not fixed, please call us at 303-639-4500 to report it, or click here to fill out our online report. Please give us the exact location (street name, side of street, in front of what address).

Remember, South Colorado Boulevard and Leetsdale Drive are maintained by Denver Public Works. Call their pothole hotline at 720-865-6855 to report problems in those streets.

Report Burned Out Street Lights

Whether we walk or drive, adequate street lighting makes the streets safer by letting us see what is going on around us at night. You can help keep the streets safe by reporting burned out streetlights. Call 303-639-4500 to report any burned out lights in Glendale. Please give us the exact location (street name, side of street, in front of what address) so that we can respond quickly.

Report Non-Working Traffic Signals

Properly working traffic signals are of the utmost importance for safe and efficient traffic flow. If you notice any traffic signal not cycling properly or not working at all, call Denver Traffic immediately to report it as they maintain the traffic signals, 720-865-4000. They will need to know which intersection and which corner it is on.

Street Repair Schedule

Traffic lane markings in the streets get worn down quickly by vehicular traffic, so they need repainting on a regular basis. We do this at any time of the year, weather-permitting. Watch out for signs of fresh paint and bright orange cones on the lane lines. Please do not hit the cones and drive carefully around the work crew.

Storm Water

We need your help to keep Cherry Creek clean for fish, wildlife, and recreation. As you walk or drive down the street, you may notice drains covered with grating in the curbs and gutters; these are part of Glendale’s storm drain system. Glendale’s storm drain system, which includes inlets, curbs, gutters, and ditches, drains stormwater and snowmelt runoff from streets directly into Cherry Creek. Stormwater is not treated before it is discharged into Cherry Creek, so it is important to keep all pollutants, such as trash, oil, gasoline, and paint out of Glendale’s storm drain system.

Glendale has several programs to help keep stormwater runoff free of pollutants.
Download Glendale's Stormwater Program Description Document

Public Education and Participation. Glendale understands that the public can be an integral part of their stormwater program and has developed several helpful brochures and offers a household hazardous waste collection program. Brochures are available at the Public Works Department counter and can be downloaded from this site.

Clear Choices for Clear Water: Managing Your Household Wastes -- This brochure describes the types of household hazardous wastes and how to properly dispose of them.

Clear Choices for Clean Water: Caring for Your Lawn and Garden -- This brochure describes how to maintain a healthy lawn and help water quality at the same time.

Clear Choices for Clean Water: Managing Your Construction Site -- This brochure explains how best management practices can prevent erosion on a construction site.

After the Storm: A Guide for Businesses and Other Private Property Owners -- This brochure offers ways that different businesses can prevent stormwater pollution. Spanish version.

Illegal Discharges. Glendale has an ordinance that prohibits the discharge of pollutants into the storm drain system. Glendale staff are trained to identify and report illegal discharges. Residents can also help by reporting any suspicious substances entering a storm drain to Bob Taylor, Public Works Director, at 303-639-4500. Illegal discharges include used motor oil, gasoline, paint, fertilizers and pesticides, grass clipping and leaves, wash water from carpet cleaners, and any other substances that have a “funny” color or odor.

Allowable non-stormwater discharges include the following:

Emergency fire fighting activities
Lawn watering
Municipal water line flushing
Individual residential car washing

Construction Site Stormwater Runoff Control. All construction projects disturbing one acre or more must obtain stormwater permits from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Glendale. Both permits require the construction site to have a stormwater management plan. The stormwater management plan requirements are the same for both permits, except that Glendale requires weekly self inspections of the site. Citizens can also help protect Cherry Creek by reporting any dirt on a road from a construction site entrance/exit, silt fence that has come down, unprotected storm drain inlets receiving dirty water from a construction site, and spills from a construction site. Click here to review Glendale’s ordinance for new construction sites.
Stormwater Requirements for Construction Site Projects in Glendale--This brochure describes the required elements of a stormwater management plan.

Stormwater management plan checklist -- All construction sites disturbing 1 acre or more (or are part of a larger common plan of development) need to develop and submit a stormwater management plan before receiveing a permit. This is Glendale's checklist for each element that muct be in each stormwater management plan.

Sample self inspection form -- All active construction sites disturbing 1 acre or more (or are part of a larger common plan of development) need to conduct and document self inspections once a week. This form can be used to document the self inspections.

Glendale inspection form -- A City inspector will periodically inspect all construction sites disturbing 1 acre or more (or are part of a larger common plan of development). This is the inspection form.

Enforcement standard operating procedure -- This is the standard operating procedure for stomwater-related violations.

Post Construction Stormwater Runoff Control. Glendale’s ordinance also requires construction sites disturbing one acre or more to design, construct, install, and maintain permanent best management practices to control stormwater pollution. Common permanent best management practices include grassed swales, sediment basins, underground vaults, and storm drain inserts. The owner must maintain the permanent best management practice at least twice a year. Glendale staff will inspect the best management practice once a year.

Municipal Operations. Glendale staff are trained to identify and control stormwater pollution from municipal activities. Glendale has developed a Program for Management of Municipal Stormwater, which guides Glendale staff in conducting their daily duties while preventing stormwater pollution.

For more information on Glendale’s stormwater program or to report an illegal discharge or stormwater pollution from a construction site, please contact Bob Taylor at 303-639-4500.