Lower Providence to Provide Sandy Cleanup Assistance

If you’re a resident of Lower Providence Township, and are having trouble disposing of branches torn down by Hurricane Sandy, next week may be your lucky week.

Starting, Monday, Nov. 19, and lasting until at least the first week of December, Lower Providence Public Works will be visiting every street in the township to use its wood chippers in an effort to aid residents in their cleanup efforts.

According to Denise Walsh, Community Relations Coordinator for the township, the township service came about after several after several residential inquiries. Walsh said that the township provided the same service after Hurricane Irene last year.

“It’s a response to the residents’ requests,” Walsh said. 

Many residents received this notification on Nov. 14, via the township-wide emergency communications system, which provides a phone call and e-mail.

Walsh said that residents should also visit the Lower Providence Township website for links to scheduling information either by street name (in alphabetical order) or by date.

“Find your street, you will find your date,” Walsh said.

However, Walsh said that residents need not wait until their scheduled chipping day to bring out the branches, adding that residents should do so at a time most convenient to them.

She does stress that township workers will only make one pass in time for the scheduled chipping, and crews will not return for a second round.

According to the township communications alert, Hurricane Sandy branches must be no larger than 4-inches in diameter and should be placed at the curb.

Regular yard-waste pickup is expected to continue through Nov. 17. Residents need not call the township to schedule for the branch chipping service.

[Updated 11-16-12] At the Nov. 15 Lower Providence Board of Supervisors meeting, David Shaffer, director of Publlic Works, explained that if a particular street's scheduled branch chipping date should fall on a rainy day, then that street's chipping date will be moved to the end of the schedule.

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For more information, visit the township website or its Facebook page.

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