Upper Saucon Increases Clean-Up Efforts

PRESS RELEASE: Upper Saucon Township

The Upper Saucon Township Road Department has been working diligently to ameliorate the impacts of last weekend’s winter storm. Their efforts focused on plowing and salting the roads as the snow fell. The aftermath left the roads littered with tree limbs, and they are working to clear and open up roads for vehicular traffic.

At this time, the Road Department is clearing debris from all Township-owned roads to make them safe for traffic. There might be times they may need to wait for PPL utility crews to repair lines before they can proceed. Once all the roads are opened, the Road Department will then come through and clean up the rest of the debris from the right-of-way along the road.

If you have tree limbs from your property that need to be disposed of, we ask that you take them to the Compost Center. We have extended the hours for the Compost Center to help residents with the cleanup of storm debris. The extended hours are:

• Tuesday, (Nov. 1) through Friday (Nov. 4): 12:00 Noon - 6:00 PM

• Saturday, November 5: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

• Sunday, November 6: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Please remember that access to Liberty Road is closed from the Main Street side due to construction. Road Crews have created access from Robin Lane, so please follow the posted detour.

If you have any questions or need directions to the Drop-off Center, please contact the Township office at (610) 282-1171 ext. 0.

If you have been affected by the power outages due to the winter storm, PPL has some resources available. If you need to call PPL for outage status, or to find places distributing ice and water, please call 1-800-342-5775.

The storm's impact on trees and roads appears to be worse than what was sustained during Hurricane Irene in August. We appreciate your patience.