Nov 7, 2012 11:23 AM
Because of the large amount of debris created on residential properties from Hurricane Sandy, the Southampton Town Highway Department has suspended its new leaf bagging requirement for this year.
Highway Superintendent Alex Gregor said this week all restrictions on the depositing of leaves, brush, tree limbs and other debris created by the storm on curbsides for pickup have been lifted.
Town crews—and a small army of hired contractors—will begin picking up any debris from curbsides on November 19 and expect to complete all pickups townwide by early December.
“People have enough to do with their lives now, they don’t need to be worrying about how to get rid of debris from the storm,” Mr. Gregor said. “We’re going to have the payloaders out scooping everything up anyway and we’re going to have to... more
Highway Superintendent Alex Gregor said this week all restrictions on the depositing of leaves, brush, tree limbs and other debris created by the storm on curbsides for pickup have been lifted.
Town crews—and a small army of hired contractors—will begin picking up any debris from curbsides on November 19 and expect to complete all pickups townwide by early December.
“People have enough to do with their lives now, they don’t need to be worrying about how to get rid of debris from the storm,” Mr. Gregor said. “We’re going to have the payloaders out scooping everything up anyway and we’re going to have to... more
