2008
LEAF COLLECTION UPDATE
(November 14, 2008 )
The bagged leaf collection program began on Tuesday, October 14th. Bagged leaves will be collected on your refuse collection day through Friday, December 19th. Please have your leaf bags at the curb by 6 am on your refuse collection day. Only leaves in 30-gallon bio-degradable paper leaf bags will be collected. No bags weighing over 60 pounds will be collected. Please remove any contaminants from your leaf bags such as rocks, branches and trash. Overweight bags and bags found with these contaminants will be marked with an X and are no longer eligible for curbside collection. Plastic bags containing leaves will not be collected at the curb. Residents may bring plastic bags containing leaves to the Recycling Center located at 25 Brixton Street, but since the plastic bags are not recyclable, residents will have to dump the leaves out in the designated area and dispose of the plastic bags with their trash.
The Recycling Center schedule during leaf collection season is: Mondays from 7:30 am until 7 pm, Tuesday through Friday from 7:30 am until 4 pm and on Saturdays from 8 am until 2 pm. Leaf collection season officially ends on Friday, December 19th.
The vacuum leaf collection program began on Monday, November 3rd in the northeast quadrant of all refuse collection areas and on designated high traffic streets. On Monday, November 10th, the vacuum collection proceeded into the southeast quadrant of all refuse collection areas and on designated high traffic streets and on Monday, November 17th, the vacuum collection will begin in the southwest quadrant of all refuse collection areas and on designated high traffic streets. Leaf piles should be at the curb by 6 am on Monday, November 17th. Please note that depending on the progress of the collection, some crews may skip ahead in to areas not scheduled for collection until the following week. Please be assured that the collection crews will be back in your area the following week as scheduled. This practice is meant to keep crews productive and get leaf volume off the street, so please do not be alarmed. Also, please be aware that there will be no clean-up collection in 2008.
Residents wishing to know which week their street is scheduled for collection can type in their address to see when leaf vacuum crews will be in their area. A town map displaying the quadrants in each refuse collection area is also available on the Public Works website in the Leaf Collection Section. On that map the rotation for the vacuum collection program will be from quadrant #2 to quadrant #3 to quadrant #4 to quadrant #1.
Please remove rocks, branches and trash from your leaf piles. These items can injure personnel, damage the vacuum machines and slow down the collection. Leaf piles found to contain these items will be skipped and residents will then have to bag their leaves if they wish to have their leaves collected at the curb. Please note that the leaf voucher program for residents utilizing private contractors has been eliminated because it was costly, abused by some landscapers and unmanageable. All private contractors must pay at the rate of $54.00 per ton to dispose of leaves at the Town’s recycling center located at 25 Brixton Street. A ton of leaves is roughly equivalent to 32 full bags or 4 cubic yards of leaves. Residents may still drop off their leaves and leaf bags at no charge at the Recycling Center.
Below is an updated list of remaining streets to be collected during the week of November 10th and the planned schedule for the week of November 17th:
HIGH TRAFFIC STREETS
Vacuum leaf collection on high traffic streets scheduled for the week of November 10th began on Asylum Avenue, but only from North Main Street east to the Hartford town line. Vacuum collection on all high traffic streets scheduled for collection during the week of November 10th will be completed by the end of business on Friday, November 14th.
Vacuum leaf collection on high traffic streets scheduled for the week of November 17th will begin on Bloomfield Avenue. Other high traffic streets scheduled for collection during the week of November 17th include: King Philip Drive, Mohawk Drive, Mohegan Drive, Oakwood Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Simsbury Road, Trout Brook Drive and Tumblebrook Lane.
Here is a listing of all the High Traffic Streets and the scheduled collection dates.
MONDAY
Vacuum leaf collection in the Monday refuse collection area scheduled for the week of November 10th began on Bainton Road. Vacuum collection on all streets scheduled for collection during the week of November 10th will be completed by the end of business on Friday, November 14th.
Vacuum leaf collection in the Monday refuse collection area scheduled for the week of November 17th will begin on Penn Drive. Other streets scheduled for collection during the week of November 17th include: Bainbridge Road (from Ballard Drive to Cumberland Road), Ballard Drive, Brighton Road, Brookfield Road, Brookline Drive, Clifford Drive, Cobbs Road, Craigmoor Lane, Diana Road, Duffield Drive, Fernridge Road, Fox Meadow Lane, Griswold Drive, Hammick Road, Haynes Road, Hilltop Drive, Lawler Road, Linbrook Road, Lincoln Avenue, Lindy Lane, Linnard Road, Linwold Drive, Middlebrook Road (from the dead to Cumberland Road), Middlefield Drive, Montclair Drive, Nursery Drive, Pinecrest Road, Sherwood Road, Sioux Lane, Sky View Drive, Sunny Slope Drive, Vandevere Road, Westmoreland Drive and Wiltshire Lane.
TUESDAY
Vacuum leaf collection in the Tuesday refuse collection area scheduled for the week of November 10th was planned for Lockwood Terrace, but was re-scheduled to Westphal Street. Remaining streets scheduled for collection are: Arnoldale Road (between Park Road and the Boulevard), Beverly Road (between Park Road and the Boulevard), Court Park, Crescent Street, Crosby Street, Fairfax Avenue, Fairlawn Street, Foley Street, Gillette Street, Kingston Street, Lockwood Terrace, Mitchell Place, Nesbit Avenue, Richard Street, Ringgold Street, South Highland Street (from Park Road to the Boulevard), Tobey Street, Troy Street, Warren Terrace, Washington Circle, West Beacon Street and Whiting Lane (from Richard Street to the Boulevard).
Vacuum leaf collection in the Tuesday refuse collection area scheduled for the week of November 17th is scheduled to start on Vera Street. Other streets scheduled for collection during the week of November 17th are: Clearview Avenue, Fennbrook Road, Gifford Road, Glenbrook Road, Greenhurst Road, Hugh Street, Jessamine Street, Meadowbrook Road, Overbrook Road, Thomson Road, Trout Brook Terrace, Walter Avenue, White Avenue and Woodmere Road.
WEDNESDAY
Vacuum leaf collection in the Wednesday refuse collection area scheduled for the week of November 10th began on Hollywood Avenue. All streets scheduled for collection during the week of November 10th will be completed by the end of business on Friday, November 14th.
Vacuum leaf collection in the Wednesday refuse collection area scheduled for the week of November 17th will begin on Federal Street. Other streets scheduled for collection during the week of November 17th are: Baldwin Street, Barton Street, Burnham Drive, Burnham Road, Calvin Road, Chaffee Road, Chatfield Drive, Chestnut Lane, Clover Drive, Davenport Road, Downing Street, Elmfield Street, Eustace Drive, Florence Street, Fowler Drive, Gerthmere Drive, Glenn Lane, Green House Boulevard, Grissom Drive, Hall Street (from So. Main Street to Federal Street), Huckleberry Lane, Knollwood Road, Laurel Drive, Randal Avenue, Red Top Drive, Red Top Road, Regency Drive, Sampson Street, Shepard Road, Stamford Drive, Story Drive, Thorne Road, Timothy Drive, Wolcott Road and Young Lane.
THURSDAY
Vacuum leaf collection in the Thursday refuse collection area scheduled for the week of November 10th began on Ridgebrook Drive. All streets scheduled for collection during the week of November 10th will be completed by the end of business on Friday, November 14th.
Vacuum leaf collection in the Thursday refuse collection area scheduled for the week of November 17th will begin on Rosedale Road. Other streets scheduled for collection during the week of November 17th are: Birch Hill Drive, Briarwood Road, Brookmoor Road, Buena Vista Road (from Farmington Avenue to Sedgwick Road), Chestnut Hill Road, Cornerstone Drive, Deer Run Drive, Fairwood Farms Drive, Finger Lane, Garland Road, Howland Road, Mallard View Drive, Meadow Farms Road, Mountain Road Extension, Oak Ridge Lane, Race Brook Road, Royal Oak Drive, Selden Hill Drive, Steep Hollow Lane, Terrace Road, Tunxis Road (from Ridgewood Road to Middle Road), Waterside Lane, Wood Pond Road, Woodridge Circle and Woodruff Road.
FRIDAY
Vacuum leaf collection in the Friday refuse collection area scheduled for the week of November 10th began on Blue Ridge Lane. All streets scheduled for collection during the week of November 10th will be completed by the end of business on Friday, November 14th.
Vacuum leaf collection in the Friday refuse collection area scheduled for the week of November 17th will begin on Orchard Road. Other streets scheduled for collection during the week of November 17th include: Balfour Drive, Bayberry Lane, Beech Tree Lane, Black Hawk Lane, Cedar Ledge Road, Clark Drive, Deepwood Lane, Dodge Drive, High Gate Lane, Hillsboro Drive, Hopewell Lane, Hunter Drive, Knolton Lane, Midlands, Morningcrest Drive, Orchard Lane, Peaslee Hill, Rillbank Terrace, Rushleigh Road, Soby Drive, Squirrel Hill Lane, Squirrel Hill Road, Stoner Drive, Tanager Drive, Underhill Lane, Uplands Drive, Wendy Lane, West Gloucester Place, West Willow Place, Westborough Drive, Westmont and Wingate Lane.
