{"id":25504,"date":"2017-08-21T09:15:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T13:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=25504"},"modified":"2017-08-21T09:15:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T13:15:59","slug":"heavy-weather-keeps-township-crews-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=25504","title":{"rendered":"Heavy weather keeps township crews busy"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Eliza Mohler<\/strong>, Staff Writer, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kennett Township Public Works Director Roger Lysle discusses extensive township clean ups after recent heavy rains.<\/p><\/div>\n

KENNETT \u00a0\u2013 The recent run of wet weather has kept the yownship\u2019s public works crews on their toes.<\/p>\n

At Wednesday night\u2019s meeting of the Board of Supervisors, Public Works Director Roger Lysle discussed the impact that the heavy rainfall has had in different areas. \u201cIt\u2019s been a pretty wild month for our road crew and the weather,\u201d he said, noting that on July 23, seven and a half inches of rain fell in four hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been fixing our issues for two and a half weeks now,\u201d Lysle said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had several stranded and abandoned cars. I haven\u2019t seen that much water in a small area in my whole life here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Supervisor Richard Leff thanked Lysle for his department\u2019s good work in addressing the issues caused by the storms. Supervisor Whitney Hoffman asked about the status of Burnt Mill Bridge Road; Lysle replied that at one point, water was 3.5 feet over the Burnt Mill Bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took a lot of stone from Burnt Mill that washed up in people\u2019s yards,\u201d he said. \u201cWe lost a lot of banks on Centreville Road. It looks like a war zone at some of the places.\u201d<\/p>\n

Township Manager Lisa Moore presented a proposal to accept scrap metal at the township recycling center at 557 Bayard Road. Lysle pushed back against the suggestion because of problems with scrap being dumped in recycling, as well people who like to scavenge and pull items out illegally.<\/p>\n

On the positive side, it would be convenient for residents to be able to dispose of bulky metal objects through the township. Moore said several scrap businesses were ready to remove items safely, for which the township would receive a small profit.<\/p>\n

Chief of Police Lydell Nolt recommended suggested implementing limited times for scrap availability, and Lysle agreed. Lysle, Hoffman and Leff talked about parameters that need to be set for the project; Moore said she, Lysle and Nolt would figure it out. The supervisors approved Moore\u2019s proposal, but Chairman Scudder Stevens asked her to provide information about structure and rules for the project.<\/p>\n

Prior to adjourning, the board appointed township resident Kevin Parchen to the trails and sidewalks committee. Parchen is excited about the committee\u2019s mission and had already been attending meetings, Moore said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Eliza Mohler, Staff Writer, The Times KENNETT \u00a0\u2013 The recent run of wet weather has kept the yownship\u2019s public works crews on their toes. At Wednesday night\u2019s meeting of the Board of Supervisors, Public Works Director Roger Lysle discussed the impact that the heavy rainfall has had in different areas. \u201cIt\u2019s been a pretty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6518,211,36,9347,1356,9348],"class_list":["post-25504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-flooding","tag-kennett-township","tag-public-works","tag-roads","tag-scrap-recycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25505,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25504\/revisions\/25505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}