Our goal is to provide snow removal as quickly as possible on primary and secondary roads. Our first phase of operations during a snow and/or ice emergency is to begin spreading a deicer on the main roads, hilly areas, school areas and some problem intersections.  We do not have the resources to spread a deicer on every road in the Township.

Snow plowing will commence when the snow is deep enough to be considered plowable, which is approximately two to three inches, or when determined by the Superintendent of Public Works or his designee.  Please keep in mind that plowing operations will differ from storm to storm due to many variables such as temperature, forecasted total depth, etc.  The Department always attempts to carefully analyze each storm and develop an immediate plan of action.  We do receive continual weather updates to provide us with storm information, which assist us with our plans.

All of our employees are instructed to plow their assigned roads curb to curb.  This is necessary so that when the snow melts the water will run to a catch basin and not create a water or ice situation in the middle of the road.  In most cases, driveways will have to be plowed in, and this is unavoidable.  We are asking everyone to remove vehicles from the street and wait until we complete our work before removing snow from their driveways.

If you should see any private contractor pushing snow into the street after the roads have been cleared, we ask that you report it immediately to the Department of Public Works at 709-7217 or the Police Department at 272-2222.