Amherst Highway Dept

05/11/2022

Amherst Highway will be milling Andover, Exeter & Wickham starting on Thursday, May 12th. Please be extra cautious in these areas.

05/04/2022

Amherst Highway Superintendent Patrick Lucey is announcing that the Town Highway Department scheduled 60 roads for paving in 2022 which equates to over 20 lane miles. This is an increase over past years that was made possible by increased New York State funding and the Amherst Town Board.

Some of the roads to be paved are Andover, Birdsong Cir., Boundbrook Ct., Brian Ave., Britannia Dr., Dann, Emerald, Exeter, Ironwood, Jack, Knollwood, Laurel, Lemay Ct., Pinebrook, Quantico, Renaissance, Rollingwood, Teakwood.

This is only a partial list of roads, external factors such as weather conditions and the rising cost of fuel and asphalt will determine how many roads can be completed.

04/13/2022

Amherst Highway Dept. is looking to hire seasonal workers to work for/up to a maximum of 5 months. Please stop by the Amherst Highway Dept. between 8am and 2pm Monday thru Friday to fill out an application.

*Must be 18 years of age
*Must be Town of Amherst resident
*40 hours/week - 7am to 3pm
*$13.20/hour

03/31/2022

Starting April 1 residents can put out yard compost materials on their regular collection day for pick up by Modern Disposal. The material must be properly bundled (in 5 foot sections not weighing more than 60 lbs) and or packaged for pickup.

Leaves, small trimmings and other yard waste should be put in containers, paper yard waste bags or bundled for collection (NO YARDWASTE IN PLASTIC BAGS) on a weekly basis and will be collected by Modern Disposal.

The Town Highway will consider collection of large unmanageable piles of logs, brush (cut to less than 8 feet in length), and tree stumps. No mixed piles containing lumber, concrete, railroad ties or non-organic materials will be collected. Residents must call Refuse at 631-7119 so a Refuse Control Officer can come out and access the request.

Town of Amherst residents are allowed to dump their yard waste at the C.J. Krantz Recycle Center on Smith Rd free of charge during the facilities working hours. Rules for dumping and hours of operation are determined by the Compost Facility.

03/29/2022

UPCOMING HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT - APRIL 30TH

02/19/2022

Garbage & Refuse pickup will be on a normal schedule next week. There will not be any change in the pickup schedule due to the Presidents Day holiday.

01/17/2022

THERE IS A TRAVEL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:00 AM THIS MORNING - PLEASE AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL & BE AWARE OF DEEP SNOW DRIFTS.

01/17/2022

Modern Disposal is delaying garbage & refuse pickup all week by 1 day due to the snowstorm that is expected tonight into tomorrow night. There will NOT be any pickup on Monday, January 17th. Friday pickup will take place on Saturday this week.

01/13/2022

Garbage & Refuse pickup will be on a normal schedule next week. There will not be any change in the pickup schedule due to the Martin Luther King holiday.

12/28/2021

If a residence has leaves or brush to be picked up please call 631-7117 and report their address - thank you

12/28/2021

There will NOT be any changes to garbage & refuse collection scheduled pick up days due to the New Year's holiday. Refuse collection will be a normal schedule for this week December 27 - 31st. Happy Holidays!

12/20/2021

There will NOT be any changes to garbage & refuse collection scheduled pick ups day due to the Christmas & New Year's holidays. Refuse collection will be a normal schedule for both weeks – December 20 -24th and December 27 - 31st. Happy Holidays!

11/22/2021

Don't forget if your garbage & refuse collection falls on Thanksgiving this week or follows after, your pickup will be delayed one day with Friday's pickup done on Saturday.

11/10/2021

Garbage & recycling pick up will be on a normal schedule this week. The Veterans Day holiday will not affect the pickup schedule.

11/02/2021

Collection Event - Cheektowaga, Dec 04, 2021 - Sunnking Electronics Recycling

Collection Event - Must register before day of the event

11/02/2021

10/26/2021

10/26/2021

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[AMHERST POLICE, NY] 🚫 Reminder, the Town of Amherst Overnight Winter Parking Ban begins on November 1st. No overnight street parking during the hours of 1:00 am to 7:00 am.

10/06/2021

Garbage & recycling pick up will be on a normal schedule next week. The Columbus Day holiday will not affect the pickup schedule.

09/28/2021

Starting at approximately 9 a.m. on Wednesday, September 29th Youngs Rd. from Klein Rd. to Dauphin will be CLOSED to ALL traffic
until 2:30 p.m. Only school buses & emergency vehicles will be permitted, Detours will be posted. Please plan accordingly.

09/22/2021

Events - Sunnking Electronics Recycling

ELECTRONIC RECYCLING EVENT - EASTERN HILLS - OCT. 16TH

https://www.sunnking.com/events

Our upcoming collection events.

09/15/2021

plantclinic.cornell.edu

Good information about black spots on maple trees

http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/factsheets/tarspotofmaple.pdf

09/02/2021

Weekly refuse and recyclable collection will be delayed by one day next week due to the Labor Day holiday. Friday's pickup will be delayed one day and will be done on Saturday.

08/30/2021

The following work is weather permitting:

* Monday, 8/30 - we will be milling Renaissance Dr. from Covent Garden to Ayer Rd. Once again, road will be closed except to local traffic. Please follow the arrows at the intersections

* Monday, 8/30 - we will be milling Youngs Rd. from Klein to Dauphin. Northbound traffic from Klein Rd. will be open. Southbound traffic from Casey Rd. will be detoured via Paradise & Hopkins. All traffic will go northbound. After milling of Youngs Rd. is complete we will go right on to paving it - weather permitting.

08/26/2021

Tomorrow 8/27 - Amherst Highway will be milling Renaissance Dr. from Via Foresta to Covent Garden. Road will be closed except to local traffic. Please follow the arrows at the intersections. Work is weather permitting.

The following work is also weather permitting:

* Monday, 8/30 - we will be milling Renaissance Dr. from Covent Garden to Ayer Rd. Once again, road will be closed except to local traffic. Please follow the arrows at the intersections

* Monday, 8/30 - we will be milling Youngs Rd. from Klein to Dauphin. Northbound traffic from Klein Rd. will be open. Southbound traffic from Casey Rd. will be detoured via Paradise & Hopkins. All traffic will go northbound. After milling of Youngs Rd. is complete we will go right on to paving it - weather permitting.

08/18/2021

PLEASE NOTE - GARBAGE & RECYCLING ON COLONY CT. & COLONY CT. NORTH WILL BE PICKED UP TOMORROW (THURSDAY, AUGUST 19TH) DUE TO THE PAVING WORK BEING DONE TODAY.

08/09/2021

Wood Acres will be shut down from 7:30 am until 2:30 pm today, August 9th & tomorrow, August 10th at the Peanut Line. There will be one lane traffic in the evenings from Moorsfield Ct to Curlew Ct.

07/14/2021

Amherst Highway will be milling & paving the following roads/area this week (July 14th on) & next week (July 19th on) - weather permitting:

* Vissell
* Olney
* Olney W
* Garland
* Upper park area

07/14/2021

Please note - The planned Wood Acres Drainage Project that was to start this week has been postponed for the time being (due to utility issues beyond our control).

07/08/2021

Garbage & Refuse pickup is following a normal schedule this week. Modern Disposal worked on July 5th and the rest of the week will follow as normal with scheduled Friday pickup taking place on Friday.

07/01/2021

Amherst Highway will be milling the Olney & Olney West starting Tuesday, July 6th - signs will be posted. Vehicles should be off of the road by 6 a.m.

In addition, we will be milling the following roads next week - starting on Tuesday, July 6th:

* Endicott
* Vissell
* Garland
* Manning
* Rosedale (Grover Cleveland to Crosby)

07/01/2021

Garbage & Refuse pickup will follow a normal schedule next week. Modern will be working July 5th and the rest of the week will follow as normal.

06/30/2021

Garbage & Refuse pickup will follow a normal schedule next week. Modern will be working July 5th and the rest of the week will follow as normal.

06/22/2021

This week we will be paving Briar Row and North Long Street (to the village line) weather permitting.

05/28/2021

Weekly refuse and recyclable collection will be delayed by one day next week due to the Memorial Day holiday. Friday's pickup will be delayed one day and will be done on Saturday.