Alan Simerson, Director
Herb Sprague, Division of Roads Manager
Keith Foster, Division of Sanitation Manager
Paul Suhr, Division of Vehicle Maintenance Manager
Charles
Canale, Division of Buildings and Grounds Manager
Willam Shaw, Grounds Supervisor
Donna Burger, Clerk 2
Kathy McIntyre, Clerk
Kathy Fiedor , Clerk
Egg Harbor Township Public Works
6120 Mill Road
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
Phone: 609-926-3838
Fax: 609-926-0638
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 7:00 AM - 3:30PM
Roads Division:
Duties include pavement maintenance and repair, street sign maintenance, tree
trimming, street sweeping, snow operations, drainage, loose leaf collection
and shoulder maintenance for over 300 miles of municipal streets.
Sanitation Division:
Duties include the removal of residential trash/sanitary solid waste, bulky
waste, metal, tires and vegetative debris. All items are removed curbside,
some are done on a regular weekly or monthly basis, others are done by call
in schedules.
Township Code for Sanitation
Vehicle Maintenance Division:
Duties include the maintenance and repair of all Township owned vehicles and
equipment.
Buildings and Grounds Division:
Duties include the maintenance of all municipally owned Buildings, Grounds,
Athletic Fields and Parks
The Department of Public Works maintains the publicly owned assets throughout the 68 square mile Township. The department is an integral part of emergency management and addresses the day to day duties of: Road Maintenance, Vehicle Maintenance, Buildings, Grounds and Sanitation.
BULK TRASH is items such as electronics, wood, lumber, refrigerators, freezers, brush, and tires.
As of January 1, 2008 you will no longer need to call Public Works for bulk trash collection just place items curbside on your bulk trash week
BULK TRASH WEEK SCHEDULE
Tuesday Trash Day your bulk trash week will be the first full calendar week (7 day) of each month
Wednesday Trash Day your bulk trash week will be the second week of each month
Thursday Trash Day your bulk trash week will be the third week of each month
Friday Trash Day your bulk trash week will be the fourth week of each month
Bulk Trash must be at the curb by Monday 6:00AM of your scheduled week
*NEW Bulk Trash Item for 2008
Electronics: Portable Electronics, VCR’s, DVD Players, Computers, and Televisions (non wood cabinet)
WOOD/ LUMBER Wood 4’x8’x3’ maximum total, should be stacked neatly at the curb. Nails should be removed (preferred) or bent over for worker safety. Residents are responsible for the entire load when they have more than a pickup truckload. Disposal of demolition and construction materials is the resident's responsibility. Demolition and construction materials will not be picked up.
METAL/ APPLIANCES/ WHITE GOODS, FREON APPLIANCES: Metal/Appliances should be placed at the curb with all wood and foreign materials removed from the metal. Doors must be removed from refrigerators and freezers.
Disposal of sliding glass doors is the resident's responsibility
Brush collection 8’x4’x10’ maximum size of pile
Brush removal is intended for the incidental maintenance of ornamental trees and shrubs. It is not for property clearing or extensive thinning of large tracts.
Branches less than 4 inches in diameter must be cut to less than 10 ft lengths and placed with cut ends toward the street. The brush pile is to be no wider than 8 ft and not higher than 4 ft. Twigs under 3 ft in length should be bundled. Logs over 4 inches in diameter, root balls, and stumps will not be collected by Public Works. Those items are the responsibility of the homeowner.
TIRES will be collected on or about the regular trash day and are limited to 4 passenger car or pickup truck tires per residence per month. Rims must be removed. At this time there is no need to call in for tire removal.
RECYCLING is MANDATORY trash containing recyclable materials will be tagged and left curbside. Recyclable materials are paper, bottles, cans, and corrugated cardboard. Recycling buckets are available please contact ACUA 609-272-6950.
Recycling Information
Grass and Leaves are collected as close to the regular trash day as possible by a separate truck. Bagged grass and leaves will only be collected in biodegradable paper bags (designed for vegetative waste) weighing less than 50 lbs. Do not mix bags of trash and bags of leaves in the same pile or they will not be collected.
Loose leaves, raked to the curb, are collected using a vacuum collector during peak seasons (Spring and Fall) by zones.
Zone 1 is the area north of Reega Avenue including Reega Avenue to the Township border and all of West Atlantic City.
Zone 2 is the area located south of West Jersey Avenue including West Jersey Avenue to Ocean Heights Avenue (including Ocean Heights Ave.)
Zone 3 is the area south of Ocean Heights Avenue to Township border, all of Seaview Harbor and Anchorage Point.
Signs will be posted with the approximate start date in each zone. The start date may be delayed as this process is affected by weather and volume. Please have the material out at the beginning of the posted period. Please avoid putting large sticks or trash in the piles.
PERSONAL VEHICLES MUST BE KEPT AT LEAST 50 FEET FROM THE PILES OF LEAVES TO ALLOW THE EQUIPMENT TO HAVE ADEQUATE ACCESS.
“Only Rain in Drains” Pollution on streets and lawns is washed by rain into storm drains, then directly to the ocean and lakes we play in. Stormwater pollution is one of New Jersey’s greatest threats to clean and plentiful water, by sharing the responsibility we can keep common pollutants out of stormwater. No materials should be placed in or near storm drains.
SAFETY TIPS AND GUIDELINES ON PUBLIC WORKS TOPICS
Every year, hundreds of service workers are injured or killed as the result of their exposure to traffic on the busy roads and streets throughout the region. The 68 square miles of Egg Harbor Township, and all of Atlantic County, is one of the fastest growing areas in New Jersey. As the area grows so grows the volume of work of the public agencies. This results in more trucks and personnel "on the street".
As we go about our busy days we sometimes take for granted the flashing lights of a trash truck or road crew. It can be annoying to be held up by the slow moving vehicles as they go about completing their tasks. When the motoring public and service workers team together, we can maximize safety and minimize the delays. Egg Harbor Township participates in the SLOW DOWN TO GET AROUND safety awareness program. The mobile collection and service work crews have been provided with up to date training and safety warning devices to make themselves and their equipment easy to see by motorists. They have also been trained to utilize safe work practices to avoid injury and damage to public and private property.
TRASH COLLECTION TRAFFIC SAFETY:
On average there are 25 public works workers actively collecting curbside refuse on a daily basis. It is very likely that you will encounter one of the crews as you travel about the community.
An average sanitation truck will make between 500 and 700 individual stops daily, collecting between 13 and 15 tons of trash.
At each stop the workers must be mindful of conditions that can delay the process or expose them to personal injury. With that in mind we can partner together to minimize the exposures and ensure prompt service.
PLEASE SLOW DOWN! The few moments safely waiting behind a collection vehicle to clear a stop will go a long way to minimizing the dangerous practice of swerving into the oncoming lane of traffic.
Watch for signals and warning devices. The drivers are trained to make their intentions as clear as possible to allow time for safe decisions on the part of other drivers.
Please use your headlights and a quick tap of the horn to make sure the workers know you are there
Try to make eye contact with the workers to make sure they know you are there before proceeding
Watch for hand signals from the flagmen or workers before proceeding.
SNOW PLOWING:
Twp. Code 213-10. (A) Prohibits parking on any snow covered street throughout the entire Township.
If a vehicle is parked on a snow covered street, it may be ticketed and towed.
If snow is forecast you must park off the street.
If a snow emergency is declared, only emergency vehicles will be allowed on the streets. Please stay off the road during a snow emergency.
Public Works' goal is to open streets curb to curb for emergency vehicles, drainage and safe traffic flow. Please drive according to road conditions.
If possible, please wait until the snow plow passes your home to shovel your driveway and mailbox.
If you shovel snow before the plow passes, it's a good idea to pile the snow to the right of your driveway (facing street) this will minimize (not eliminate) the amount of snow pushed back into your driveway by the plow.
Please understand, if the plow pushes snow into your driveway and mailbox we can't come back to clear them out. That is the property owner’s responsibility.
Your cooperation during these times is greatly appreciated by the department of public works and our public safety providers.
SNOW PLOWING ORDER OF STREETS:
1st - Main arteries and emergency facilities
2nd - Secondary Roads
3rd - Residential streets and cul de sacs
During severe snow conditions the main roads may be plowed multiple times before secondary roads are done.
POLICIES AND SAFE PRACTICES FOR PLACING ITEMS AT THE CURB FOR REMOVAL:
There is a weekly limit of 4- (32) gallon trash receptacles per household.
The weight of individual items must not exceed 50 lbs. Cans or bags weighing over 50 lbs will not be collected.
Material placed at the curb for collection should not be placed in the vicinity of the mail box
Items that have sharp edges or pose a cut or puncture hazard must be contained within receptacles that protect collection personnel from injury.
Trash receptacles must not be allowed to collect rain water. Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon and greatly increases the physical load the personnel must lift. It substantially increases the costs of disposing of the trash thereby wasting your tax dollars.
Trash can lids should not be tied to the cans as they can create an entanglement hazard.
Medical waste such as needles should not be placed curbside for collection.
Wood debris must have the nails either bent over or removed to minimize the potential for puncture injuries.
Pool chemicals must not be placed at the curb for pick up as they can present a toxic fume, fire and explosion hazard that can risk the health of not only the sanitation workers but also for the surrounding public. Pool chemicals can be properly disposed of at the Atlantic County Utilities Authority. For more information please call the ACUA at 609-272-6950
CLEAN COMMUNITIES:
Each year Egg Harbor Township receives a grant from the State of New Jersey to provide for the cleanup of litter on public property. Public Works hosts the annual Community Pride Day in the spring for individuals and groups who wish to volunteer to help remove litter from the public parks and roadsides.
The grants are also used to fund the Adopt a Road program where groups or individuals can adopt all or a portion of a road to provide periodic litter removal. The program will provide you or your group with everything you need (including tools, bags, safety signs, safety vests, disposal costs) for roadside clean-ups.
If you or your group is interested in the Clean Communities Program, please contact Public Works at 609-926-3838
COMPOST
The leaves and grass collected from the township residences is composted and made available for soil improvement and mulching purposes.
The compost can be loaded by hand into any size vehicle for no charge.
Trucks can be loaded with screened compost (when available) by township equipment for a fee, on Mondays and Fridays from 7:30AM -3:00PM
Fee Schedule:
Single axle pickup truck or trailer - $10.00
Single axle, dual rear wheel truck or tandem axle trailer - $25.00
Tandem or tri-axle trucks -$50.00
Tractor trailers- $50.00
Unscreened compost can be loaded in any size truck for a fee of -$10.00
