The City of Great Falls announced on May 22 the street sweeping schedule for the week of May 25 to May 28, 2026. Residents are asked to remove their vehicles from scheduled areas between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on their designated day.
The city said there will be no street sweeping on Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. On Tuesday, crews will sweep all streets and avenues from Riverview Drive East to 36th Avenue Northeast and from 5th Street Northeast to 9th Street Northeast. Additionally, work will take place along 7th Street Northeast from 36th Avenue Northeast to Country Side Village.
Wednesday’s schedule includes all streets and avenues from 9th Street Northeast to Bootlegger Trail between Skyline Drive Northeast and Choteau Avenue Northeast. Sweeping is also planned for Eagles Crossing, Great Bear Avenue, and a section of the area around US Highway 87 up to the east city limit at 33rd Avenue Northeast.
On Thursday, efforts shift south with crews targeting all streets and avenues from 16th Street South to 26th Street South between Central Avenue and 10th Avenue South. The plan also covers streets from Valeria Way through Chowen Springs in the area bounded by both Central and South Avenues.
Residents are advised that schedules may change or be canceled due to weather conditions. The city provides maps of sweeping routes for public reference.
The City of Great Falls operates under a commission-manager form of government where a City Commission appoints a City Manager responsible for daily operations, according to the official website. The community is known for its heritage sites connected with Lewis and Clark as well as early Native American tribes; it is also home to notable figures such as Western artist Charles M. Russell and country music star Charley Pride according to the official website.
Broader infrastructure in Great Falls includes hydroelectric dams along the Missouri River at its waterfalls—landmarks that drop over five hundred feet—and feature one visible falls without a dam in the Missouri-Mississippi system according to the official website.
