2024 Gravel Pickup begins on Monday, March 11

Pendleton Public Works crews will begin 2024 winter gravel pickup on Monday, March 11

Gravel pickup will begin in the McKay neighborhood on the 44th Street side before moving north through the neighborhood. From there, crews will move to the Sherwood area and then progress through other areas of town.

As work progresses, crews will set out yellow signs with red lettering that indicate sweeping is being done in the area. When the signs are placed in an area, residents and visitors should park vehicles off the street whenever possible to allow the mechanical sweeper to work. Once a sweeper has passed through an area, vehicles can be parked in swept areas; however, drivers should be aware the sweeper may make several passes of a street before all gravel is removed. The mechanical sweeper has a limited holding space, and when a sweeper is full, it will leave the area to empty the gravel at the city shops before returning to continue work in the target area. 

The gravel pickup order for 2024 is tentatively set as:

McKay neighborhood

Sherwood neighborhood

Rice/Blakey neighborhood

Tutuilla Road and surrounding area

Grecian Heights neighborhood

Sunridge area

South Hill west of Main St

South Hill  east of Main St

North Hill above Despain Avenue

North Hill below Despain Avenue

Airport Area

A full sweep of the City of Pendleton where gravel has been applied takes four to six weeks to complete using a rented mechanical sweeper. For regular sweeping of the streets, the city owns and operates a vacuum sweeper, which does not work as well for gravel pickup. It typically takes between eight and 12 weeks to vacuum sweep all the streets.

- March 8, 2024