The City of Chicago launched a multi-agency effort to begin cleaning up Safe Passage routes across the City before students return for classes.  To ensure the routes are safe and passable for students and Safe Passage workers, the City will dispatch crews from the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) and Department of Transportation (CDOT) to conduct tree trimmings, remove graffiti and debris, and clean up vacant lots along the routes. These neighborhood cleanups will occur along nearly 150 Safe Passage routes in communities across the city over the next two weeks, focusing first along the Pulaski Corridor in West Garfield Park, where Safe Passage will return early as part of Mayor Lightfoot’s Keeping Our Communities Safe Initiative. All school year long, at more than 150 schools throughout Chicago, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Safe Passage program enlists the help of community workers to provide safe routes for students while traveling to and from school. To request city services or report a sanitation issue in your community, call 311 or visit http://www.chicago.gov/dss.