With the cancellation of garbage pickup last Thursday & Friday November 17th & 18th the DPW concentrated on cleaning up branches and other storm-related debris. They have now removed much of the debris from approximately 95% of the Borough’s streets.
For the remainder of November the DPW, in addition to its normally scheduled garbage co-mingle/recycling pickup, and newspaper/cardboard pickup, will have two crews assigned to storm debris cleanup and they are expected to finish the remaining 5% of the Borough Streets by the middle of next week (Wednesday, November 30th). These crews will also be working to open several of our parks that have been closed due to the continued danger of falling branches.
On November 17th the DPW also began its seasonal leaf collection. It is anticipated that leaf collection will take longer this year than in the past due to the continued re-assignment of personnel to the storm cleanup activities. It is highly anticipated that additional garbage collection dates will be cancelled in November and early December to facilitate the removal of fallen leaves from the Borough’s roadways. Information on any additional garbage collection cancellations will be posted in separate press releases on our website, Nixle, Twitter and Reverse 911 calls.
Regular Street Sweeping has been temporarily cancelled as the one driver has been re-assigned to a bucket loader to assist with the storm debris cleanup and the other driver, and street sweeper, is re-assigned to work with a leaf pickup crew. Normal Street Sweeping operations will not resume until the roadways have been cleared of both storm-related debris and leaves.
The Borough wishes to thank all of our residents for their patience as we continue to work hard to clear the roads of branched and other debris and falling leaves. Please check our website frequently for additional updates.