2019 Fall
From the desk of Commissioner Del Mar:
As we head into Autumn, part of the allure of the season that many in the Midwest have come to reminisce, is the smell of burning leaves broadcasting thru the countryside. However, burning leaves and other landscape materials are regulated thru local municipalities. They have the authority to impose limitations on burning landscape waste such as limiting the hours when such burning may occur, types of material allowed, as well as a total ban of open burning. In the UNINCORPORATED AREAS within Palatine Township, please follow the Cook County chart to verify consent. The chart may be found on our website, www.roaddistrict.com. INCORPORATED AREAS may find information from their respective municipality.
Through Autumn, specifically November 26, we will continue our annual yard waste collection for the UNINCORPORATED AREAS. We have been processing this past summer’s and early autumn’s material for next year’s availability. However, we do have material available from late last year’s collection and is offered for pick-up only at the Road District Garage and Town Hall. This is a great opportunity to winterize your gardening beds. Call for availability, as this material is quickly consumed during the Autumn months. Additionally, during the Winter season we will collect pine trees that have outlasted the Christmas and New Year Holidays. For the INCORPORATED AREAS, please check with your waste disposal carrier as they will collect your tree, usually as part of your service. If you live in the UNINCORPORATED AREAS and it is time for disposal, please place your tree with the trunk side to the curb with no bag. When weather permits during January and early February, we will collect them, process and add the spoils to the composting material we offer during the warmer months of the year.
During the Winter, whether we receive several inches of sleet, freezing rain, graupel, snow or extreme frigid air, Palatine Township Road District is staffed and equipped to combat the diverse weather of the Chicago land area. We have executed our salt contract in order to provide the Township with bulk treated road salt, anti-icing liquid and have outfitted our fleet with additional ice control measures. We continue to monitor weather conditions and apply the best technique to combat inclement weather. For instance, on a bright sunny, cold morning you may see our trucks anti-icing the roadways with a salt brine before a winter storm comes thru later that day. This pre-treatment forms a barrier between the roadway and frozen precipitation, preventing an icy bond to form between the two, creating slick roadways. Finally, help us to keep your neighbors and other motorists safe by not disposing of snow into the street, a public sidewalk or even on the parkway across from your property. Properly pile the snow from your driveway on the downstream edge of roadway plowing operations and your drive. As you face your house, the left side of the driveway is the best location. This will reduce the amount of snow deposited into your driveway during the following storm events. If a mailbox has been compromised by our municipal plow truck, please notify us immediately so that a temporary mailbox may be installed for continued postal service. If you any questions, concerns or need any additional information please do not hesitate to contact us at 847.358.6336. Thank you for your consideration, everyone at the Road District greatly appreciates your effort in combating the winter storms and together we will keep the roadways open and safe.
