FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM HOWELL MAYOR JOSEPH M. DIBELLA
Contact:
Joseph M. DiBella, Mayor
1-732-938-4500
MayorDiBella@twp.howell.nj.us
www.MayorDiBella.com
September 3, 2006
Help
Keep Howell Clean
As
the end of the summer draws closer, we are all getting back into our normal
routines. One thing you’ll hopefully notice is that the township has cracked
down on the number of menacing signs posted all over our community. In fact,
as you travel all over our State we see an alarming number of signs along the
roadways – posting everything from “get rich” schemes; to “making
money over the internet” and how to “earn additional income without doing
anything”. These signs clutter our roadways and our neighborhoods and make
hurt the natural beauty of our community. Their days are over. This past
month, our public works department collected nearly
600 of these illegal signs in a large scale “clean up”
campaign. And we’re just getting started.
Candidly, we all have a responsibility to help keep our community clean. All
too often we see roadside garbage thrown from passing cars or other debris
that could easily be placed in trash receptacles. While the township has a
first-rate public works and road department, with more than 200 miles of road
to maintain, it is next to impossible to collect the garbage that often
clutters the township. We have stepped up our efforts at enforcing the zoning
laws that prohibit illegal signs and have begun to more routinely patrol areas
most susceptible to litter. However, we need your help to maintain a clean
Howell township. Accordingly, I’d ask that you keep the following tips in
mind:
1)
When
you see garbage or litter in your neighborhoods, please pick it up and dispose
of it in the right places. If there are large piles of debris, please call the
township and report it immediately. If there are public parcels near where you
live that are constantly littered upon, please report this to the township
immediately;
2)
If
you are having a garage sale or real-estate open house, please be sure to
collect any signs you have posted immediately following the event. If you see
signs for events that have passed, please taken them down and dispose of them;
3)
When
you see signs posted on telephone poles (which are not permitted in Howell),
please call town hall and report the location of the sign. If it is safe to do
so, take the sign down yourself and dispose of it;
4)
If
you see these menacing road-signs for days on end (not on private property of
course), please call the township so they can be removed. Repeat offenders may
be fined and charged the cost of having to remove the signs;
Finally, please remember that the township provides UNLIMITED AND FREE CURB
SIDE PICK UP for bulk items. You need to simply call the township to schedule
a pick-up. Keeping our community clean is an important responsibility we all
have. It is my hope that through continued awareness and diligence on all our
parts we can ensure that
If I can be of any assistance to you on this or any issue, please contact me
by phone or at MayorDiBella@twp.howell.nj.us.
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