Friday, December 7, 2012
The townships has picked up 28,300 cubic yards of debris as of Wednesday.
At this point, it's hard to imagine a road in Monmouth County that is completely clear of tree trunks and massive piles of sticks. In Marlboro Township, nine crews are working around the clock to make sure that image becomes a reality. Mayor Jon Hornik said in an email to residents that each pile of debris in front of each home takes an average of four hours to complete. "As of today, 28,300 cubic yards of debris have been cleared, the equivalent of a football field stacked over 13-feet high," Hornik said. Crews are now working in five zones, and three zones have had a first pick-up. Crews will make a second round where necessary once every zone has been picked up once. "This is a huge undertaking and I appreciate your patience as we …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Public Works crews are continuing to loop around the township until all brush is picked up.
Marlboro Township is still littered with brush after Hurricane Sandy destroyed hundreds of trees. The Public Works Department announced this week that it will continue to loop around each zone of the township until debris from Hurricane Sandy is cleared. According to a township email: Leaves are being picked up along with brush as crews clear the roads, but storm debris is the first priority, according to a township email. Remaining leaves will be picked up after storm debris is cleared, weather permitting. "In addition to the public works crews and vehicles, the township has contracted with 4 outside companies to address brush pickup and a 5th to handle chipping and disposal. Thirteen trucks and loaders, in addition to the public works …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
The recycling yard is open for bulk drop-off, no permit needed, until Dec. 8.
Updated: Due to the nor'easter, Marlboro Township has pushed back brush pickup. Below are new dates. "If time and weather permits, once all zones have been completed, we will try to go back to all the zones to insure that all streets are clear of debris," Mayor Jon Hornik said on his Facebook page. "The Township has retained a private contractor and Marlboro crews are working extra hours to deal with the massive amounts of brush that need to be removed. Please know that we are assigning all available resources to this tremendous task and working as quickly as possible." The emergency brush pickup schedule for Marlboro Township: To Be Completed by Nov. 16: Zones 4, 7, 8, 3 Beignning Nov. 19: Zones 1, 5, 6, 2 All brush must be curbside as …
Concerned citizen
8:07 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012
John Alba and you know this how? Maybe you should be doing something a bit more constructive other than following the trucks around. Volunteer more ›