The primary responsibility of the Public Works
Department is to maintain Township roads, right-of-ways, and easements. This includes road
maintenance (e.g. repairs and sweeping), removal of snow, debris, and deer from Township
roads, erecting and maintaining street and traffic signs, replacing driveway pipes, and
maintaining detention basins.
SNOW REMOVAL (SIDEWALKS)
Owners or tenants of any land next to Township public streets must
remove all snow and ice from sidewalks within 12 hours of daylight after snowfall has
stopped. Snow should be kept on the owner’s property and not moved into the
street so that traffic safety is not impacted. If the sidewalk is covered with ice
that the owners or tenants cannot remove, the sidewalk must be thoroughly covered with
sand, ashes or rock salt within 24 hours after the snowfall has stopped.
Snow that is not removed from sidewalks or ice that is not treated
within the time provided above may be removed or treated by the Public Works Department at
the homeowner’s expense.
Snow removal from sidewalks is governed by Township Ordinance Chapter 182.
POTHOLES
If you should come across a pothole on a Bridgewater road, please report it to our Public
Works Department by calling (732)
469-0555 ext. 224 or send an e-mail to publicworks@bridgewaternj.gov
and give us the location of the pothole so that we can repair it immediately. If the
pothole is on a county road, call Somerset County at (908) 541-5021 or click on this link
to complete an online roadway complaint inspection form: http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/publicworks/roadcomplaint.html. And if the pothole is on a state highway, call the
New Jersey Department of Transportation at (609) 588-6212 or click on this link: http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/potholeform.shtm.
LEAF BAGS
Township regulations
require that leaves be bagged if they are intended for pick-up by the Township. Leaf bags
are available free of charge at the Public Works Department, while supplies last, usually
beginning the third week in October. The bags are picked up continuously between November
1 and early January, weather permitting. Only leaves should be placed in the
bags. Grass clippings, brush and other materials will not be picked up. Beginning in
mid-March through the end of each year, you may bring all yard waste material to our
yard waste site located on Foothill Road behind Costco.
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