The Warren Township Highway Department maintains the right-of-way for most roads in unincorporated areas of Warren Township. The right-of-way includes the entire roadway and extends to the homeowner's property line. Within that right-of-way, the Highway Department assumes many responsibilities. Some of these responsibilities include asphalt patching and resurfacing, basin maintenance, brush removal, culvert jetting, drainage work, litter pickup, roadside mowing, road striping, right-of-way permits, shoulder gravel, traffic control, tree removal and winter snow and ice removal. Your Highway Department is equipped to handle these duties and contracts others with private enterprises. We are proud to have excellent intergovernmental cooperation with the
municipalities in and around township boundaries. Please call the Highway Department at 847-244-1101 ext. 301 with any questions.
Tips to Reduce Problems When It Snows
· Please do not shovel or blow snow back into the street after it has been plowed and salted. Snow that is deposited on the street can refreeze and cause hazardous conditions for you or your neighbors.
· When it starts to snow, park your vehicle off the street. This protects it from being plowed in. It also prevents receiving a ticket and being towed.
· Check that your mailbox and post are in good repair and that they are behind the curb, not leaning out over the street.
· If there is a fire hydrant in front of your home, clear the snow around it. It is there for your
protection and that of your neighbors.
· Please remove portable basketball hoops from the right-of-way. The Township is not responsible for damages that occur during snow removal operations.
· Please place garbage and recycling bins on the apron of the driveway. These bins are not to be placed on the roadway as they become hazards for plow
drivers.
Thank you!