By Staff
April 21, 2014
BURLINGTON, ON.
Rural Burlington is getting more time to gather up the brush that resulted from that ice storm in December. If you’ve driven around the Escarpment area you will have seen the thousands of trees that have been severely damaged.
Remember the December ice storm and roads that looked like this? Now all that brush brought down by the ice has to be cleaned up.
The Region continues to work closely with the Local Municipalities to implement a coordinated ice storm related bulk brush collection program,” said Gary Carr, Regional Chair. “As the extended program will not start until May 5, staff will work with the Local Municipalities to help with the set-up of temporary transfer sites, if required, within non-serviced areas so that residents and contractors can drop off brush at no charge.”
The collection dates are:
• May 5 to May 23, 2014 – Milton, Thursday Area 1
• May 20 to May 30, 2014 – Burlington, Thursday Area 8
• May 26 to June 6, 2014 – Halton Hills, Wednesday Area 1
• June 9 to June 13, 2014 – Halton Hills, Friday Area 2
• June 16 to June 20, 2014 – Milton, Monday Area 2
Expect to see a lot of piles like this along the rural road sides.
Residents who have bulk brush materials that are larger than three inches in diameter must make their own arrangements to have the materials collected and taken for disposal. These larger materials are unable to be collected safely in standard yard waste collection vehicles. Storm related brush debris and chipped materials can be dropped off at the Halton Waste Management Site by residents and contractors from across the Region free of charge until June 30, 2014.
