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. And if the pothole is on a state highway, call the New Jersey Department of Transportation at (609) 588-6212.

LEAF BAGS

Leaf bags are available to residents in the fall and may be picked up at Public Works. 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, 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 March 15, you may bring all yard material to our yard waste site located on Foothill Road behind Costco.

The Director of Public Works, John Langel, can be reached at (732) 469-0555 ext. 221, or by email at publicworks@bridgewaternj.gov.

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