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Highway Department
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Town of Brant Highway Dept
Hours of Operation are based on season
June to September
6:00AM to 4:30PM Monday thru Thursday
October to May
7:00AM to 3:30PM Monday thru Friday
Hours may be extended during winder due to "Alert Weather Status"
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Superintendent
Joseph Giambrone (Center)
Deputy Superintendent
Billy Wesp (Left)
Machine Equipment Operator
Butch Kijek (Right)
Highway Contact Information
PO Box 197
992 Brant-Farnham Road
Brant, New York 14027
Phone: 716-549-4770
Email: Highway@brantny.com
Duties of Highway Department:
The office of Highway Superintendent is an elected position.
It comes with the duty of overseeing and supervising all aspects
of Highway maintenance of Town roads not maintained by the state
or county. Roads owned and maintained by the Town of Brant
are as follows:
1.
Morley Road
2.
Ellis Road
3.
Versailles Plank (From Rt. 249 to Reservation line)
4.
Hammond Road
5.
Surfside
6.
Maiden Lane
7.
Nordblum
8.
Part of Detroit
9.
Part of Railroad
Included in the plowing and salting are some county roads such
as Milestrip, Mileblock, Hardpan, Old Lake Shore and Lotus Point.
These roads are maintained by the county but salted and plowed
by the Town of Brant Highway Department.
A partial list of Highway Department responsibilities are as follows:
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Repair, maintenance and snow removal from all
highways and bridges. (Only highways under two (2) rods wide).
There is no authority to maintain or repair private roads, nor
plow roads not dedicated to the town, nor construct a driveway
on private property.
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Loose stones. Highway department must
see that all lose stones are removed from highway at least three
(3) times a year.
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Noxious weed removal. Once a year.
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Detour and Dead-End signs
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Fallen Tree removal (from Town highways ONLY)
Cost of such fallen tree removal shall be assessed against the
property owner who did not remove the obstruction. Superintendent
must have a hearing and notify the property owner of the hearing.
The Town Clerk is notified of the amount of the assessment.
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Entry onto private property. Superintendent
may enter private property to protect highways and bridges to
work on a ditch or drain for highway drainage, work on an embankment
of a water stream in the town, or erect snow fences. However,
he must have the direction of the County Superintendent of highways
and town board approval.
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Damages. He shall agree with the landowner
on any damages resulting from his entry on the land. The
Town Board MUST approve.
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Fence Removal. Superintendent may remove
fences where the highway will go if the landowner does not do
so after sixty (60) days’ notice.
This is a short list of work conducted by the Highway
Department. A more complete list is available upon request
at the Town Clerk’s office.
Tax Money used for the following:
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Repairs and improvements – not less than
thirty dollars ($30.00) per mile of town highways outside villages.
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Repair and construction of bridges over 5 feet
span three thousand dollars ($3,000.) maximum; then to ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) with unanimous town board approval; then over
that amount, approval by town voters.
Purchase and repair of machinery, equipment and
tools.
Sale of Used Equipment:
When the Highway department sells used equipment at auction, the
auction must be conducted with “Sealed bids” if it the
item for sale is deemed to be valued over one thousand dollars.
Reporting Dangerous road conditions and Potholes:
If you wish to report dangerous road condition such as a downed
tree or any other obstruction, please call the Town of Evans Police
Dispatch at 716-549-3600 or 911.
If the condition is not dangerous, contact our highway department
at 716-549-4770 or by email at Highway@brantny.com |
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