Chalfont Residents, due to the 4th of July holiday occurring on a Tuesday, Republic Services is pushing your trash & recycling pickup to Wednesday, July 5th.  Please put your toters curbside the night before.  See schedule below.

Republic Services Mailer June 2023 to May 2024 edited

Tuesday, July 4th Tri-Municipal Parade from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.  ROADS WILL BE CLOSED ALONG PARADE ROUTE: Starting at Town Center on Butler Ave in New Britain Borough, down to N. Main St. in Chalfont, up to Park Ave, along Park Ave ending at North Branch Park (207 Park Avenue).

Tri-Municipal 4th of July Parade will take place on Tuesday, July 4th @ 9:30 AM, begins at Town Center in New Britain Borough and ends at North Branch Park in New Britain Township.  All are welcome!  Event_July4th_InformationalFlyer (1)

PennDOT, PA Turnpike Highlight National Pollinator Week

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PA Turnpike) are recognizing National Pollinator Week with updates on pollinator plantings around the state.

Roadside pollinator plantings, led by PennDOT, PA Turnpike and other partner organizations are taking place around Pennsylvania. PennDOT has overseen more than 40 acres of pilot pollinator plantings with an additional 25 acres of habitat in progress. Areas targeted for pollinator-specific plantings are continually monitored by maintenance teams for the presence of invasive species and weeds as well as healthy growth and pollinator activity.

In addition to plantings, PennDOT seed mixture updates took effect earlier this year. Seed mix updates removed notable non-native and invasive plants and added pollinator-friendly plants such as black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia hirta), ox-eye sunflowers (Heliopsis helianthoides) and common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).

“The degradation and loss of pollinator habitats is a risk to those affected species as well as pollinator dependent crops across the state,” said PennDOT Executive Deputy Secretary Cheryl Moon-Sirianni. “We invite every Pennsylvanian to join us in their own gardens, or with PennDOT through the Adopt and Beautify program.”

The PA Turnpike has piloted five pollinator habitats across the state. Within those locations there are 19 different plots for a total of over 10 acres which utilize a variety of seed mixes and management practices. These plots include many of PennDOT’s seed mixes of 16 different native plants. The seeds include an array of native wildflowers like lanceleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata), mint plants like anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum), herbaceous perennials like milkweed species (Asclepias sp.) and wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), as well as the flowering plant foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis).

“Pollinator habitats provide an array of colors and fragrance,” said PA Turnpike CEO Mark Compton. “But more importantly these natural gardens, comprised of native plants, promote, protect and preserve pollinating animals.”

PennDOT’s Pollinator Habitat Plan, adopted in 2019, is operated in partnership with other federal and state agencies, private and community organizations, to create naturalized gardens and meadows planted with pollinator-friendly plant species at designated sites. Highway rights-of-way have been recognized nationally as lands that have potential to provide habitats for pollinators and support corridor connectivity for pollinators.

In November 2022, Act 112 established the Pollinator Habitat Program Fund to be supported in-part by purchases of the new Pollinator license plate PennDOT announced earlier this year. The fund will create naturalized gardens and meadows planted with pollinator-friendly species of flowering plants specifically for bees, butterflies, beetles, and other insects which may have been adversely affected by the loss of their native habitat. Sixty-five percent of the proceeds from the license plate will be deposited into the Pollinator Habitat Program Fund.

The Pollinator license plate is now available for passenger cars or trucks with a registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds. Applicants for the Pollinator license plate must submit a completed Form MV-911, “Application for Special Fund Registration Plate.” More information, including eligibility requirements and image of license plates, is available on the Registration Plates page on PennDOT’s Driver and Vehicle Services website.

National Pollinator Week is recognized internationally during the last full week in June as an opportunity to spread awareness about the importance of pollinator species to the eco-system and promote native pollinator gardens.

Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation, increased pesticide use and introduced diseases are threatening pollinators around the world. Native pollinator-positive plants are a critical link in Pennsylvania’s eco-system providing habitat for pollinators like butterflies, bees and hummingbirds to support crops and local biodiversity.

If you’re interested in taking part in Pollinator Week, please consider planting native pollinator-friendly plants. Additionally, interested citizens can apply to the PennDOT Adopt and Beautify and Keystone Pollinator Habitat programs to get involved locally.

To learn more about the PA Turnpike’s pollinator gardens and other sustainable initiatives click here: Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Releases 2022 Sustainability Report (paturnpike.com)

Notice from North Wales Water Authority Regarding the Water Main Installation on Park Avenue and Ferry Road:

Please be advised that the water main trench on Park Avenue has all base repairs completed, the contractor will be proceeding to install water main on Ferry Road starting on June 7, 2023, and which work will proceed over the next several months.  While the Ferry Road official detour and closing is between Swamp Road (Rt. 313) and Park Avenue,  the initial work zone will commence at Park Avenue to Old Iron Hill.

The current work will take place M-F from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM until such time that the school season has ended at which time they anticipate working from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

NWWA appreciates your continued understanding and patience as this improvement work continues.

Please visit their web site for updates as the work progresses.

Link to current work area map:
https://www.nwwater.com/index.php/current-construction/ferry-road-transmission-main

A truck will be circulating in the Borough tomorrow morning, June 7, collecting all Waste Management, Advanced Disposal, Ches-Mont and Allied Waste trash and recycling toters.  Please put those toters curbside tonight.

Due to repaving on Sunset Ave. today, Tuesday, June 6th, Republic Services was not able to gain access to that street for trash & recycling pick-up.  Republic will be coming around early tomorrow morning, Wednesday, June 7th, to service anyone on Sunset Avenue who was missed.  Please leave your toters curbside so you don’t miss the early morning pick-up.

Borough residents, the first trash & recycling pick-up with Republic Services will take place tomorrow morning, Tuesday, June 6, so please remember to put your toters curbside tonight. Going forward, TUESDAY will become the new weekly residential trash & recycling pick-up day.  If your Waste Management toters haven’t been collected yet (and you haven’t already notified the Borough office) please do so, 215-822-7295.  You can also send an email to: info@chalfontborough.com

Reminder that the Fun Run and 5K races take place tomorrow – Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 40 N. Main Street.  The one mile Fun Run begins at 8:00 AM and the 5K begins at 8:30 AM.  Road closures begin any time after 7:15 AM and continue until clean up is completed, usually until around 10:30 AM.  Please plan your morning accordingly.  If you know you will need to travel tomorrow morning during the road closure times and the closure will impact you, move your car this evening to a street that will be accessible.  Parking tickets will not be issued in the Borough tonight (Friday, June 2nd) to accommodate these situations.  Race Map

Please see page 2 for information regarding the Borough’s new residential trash & recycling hauler, Republic Services, that affects Chalfont Borough residents only.  (Just because you have your postal mailing address may contain “Chalfont, PA 18914” that doesn’t necessarily mean you are a Chalfont Borough resident – this information ONLY applies to Chalfont Borough residents.)  Waste Management’s contract with Chalfont Borough is expiring and Republic Services will become the new residential trash & recycling hauler.

If you are a Borough resident and you received an invoice from Waste Management (WM) for the upcoming quarter, June 1 through Aug 31, do not pay that invoice because it was an error on WM’s part.  WM will not be providing service into the next quarter because their contract is expiring.  If you have auto-pay set up with WM, please log into your account and cancel it so you are no longer billed.  If you already paid an invoice for the June 1 through Aug 31 billing period, contact WM for a refund.

The last trash pickup with WM will be on Friday morning, June 2nd.  Put your WM trash & recycling toters curbside (even if they are empty) the night before and then leave them there.  After WM empties them on the morning of June 2nd, they will send another truck around later that day or the next afternoon to permanently remove them.

Your first trash & recycling collection day with Republic Services will be on Tuesday, June 6th.  Thereafter, TUESDAYS will be the new weekly trash & recycling pickup day in Chalfont Borough.  Republic Services has told the Borough office that they will be mailing out invoices in the week or two following their toters being delivered.  Please call the Borough office with any concerns.  Please also be patient as staff works diligently to solve any issues that may arise during this transition period.  Please refer to page 2 of the newsletter for more information:  Spring 2023 Newsletter

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