The Highway Department is the Borough’s public-works crew — keeping Tyrone’s streets safe and passable year-round, from paving and plowing to leaf and yard-waste collection.
A downed tree, washout, or hazard blocking a Borough street after business hours? Call 911 — they’ll reach the on-call highway crew right away.
The Highway Department keeps Tyrone’s streets safe and passable year-round — paving and plowing, signs and storm drains, and seasonal collection. Here are the programs and rules residents ask about most.
Collected every Monday in April, May, October, and November — use brown paper yard-waste bags and set them at the curb by 7:00 a.m. Also open for drop-off the 1st & 3rd Saturday of each month, 8:00 a.m.–Noon. Christmas trees are collected curbside in January.
After it snows, clear a path at least 32 inches wide within 24 hours — and never push snow into the street or onto a hydrant.
The snow rulesAny work in a Borough street, alley, or right-of-way needs a street-opening permit first (Ordinance No. 1496 (PDF) (opens in a new tab)). Emergency repairs may be permitted the next business day.
Forms & permitsThe Know Your Borough guide below explains how the Highway Department operates day to day. Beneath it, the latest News & Updates show the Council decisions shaping it.
How the Borough maintains streets and signs, clears snow and ice, manages storm drains, and runs yard-waste collection.
Read the guideAcross its June and July meetings, Council approved $136,843 in payments to the project's contractor and a $15,982.59 change order for an exposed drainpipe on Lincoln Avenue.
Read article: Lincoln Avenue storm sewer project moves through constructionResolution No. 2026-06 authorizes a budget modification of the Borough's 2026 Community Development Block Grant funds, directing money toward drainage work on Lincoln Avenue.
Read article: Resolution 2026-06 reallocates CDBG funds for Lincoln Avenue drainageCouncil awarded its 2026 street paving program to the low bidder, Grannas Bros., at $154,205.35, after opening three bids on May 6.
Read article: Council awards the 2026 street paving program to Grannas Bros.Reach the department and we’ll route it to the right crew.
