Public Works - Duties

Hanover Township Duties of the Public Works Department

Maintenance of the roads consist of plowing snow and salting roads in the winter, patch potholes; erect street signs, painting of lines on the roadways, weed control, remove trees and debris from the roads from storms, litter control on the roadways. Hanover Township employees are responsible for 9 miles of township roads. The remainder of 10 miles of state owned roads is maintained by PennDOT.
Maintenance of the parks consist of cutting grass, trimming of the trees, maintaining flowers, cleaning pavilions, gazebos, and litter control.
Building maintenance consists of general maintenance, cleaning and grass cutting around Township owned buildings. Personnel are responsible for maintaining Township vehicles and equipment.
Water and Sewer Department; Hanover Township, Lehigh County provides water and sewer to a portion of the Township and just sewer to the other portion of the Township. Employees are responsible for various duties of maintenance on the metering and pump stations and the sewer and water lines. This includes recording meter readings along with flushing and unclogging sewer lines. Employees are responsible for maintaining easements and township "right-of-ways."

It is the goal of Hanover Township, Lehigh County to provide a quick, efficient, proactive approach for service to the Township residents and businesses by the Public Works Department.

It is important to remember that services are provided by a limited number of employees and any requests of service will be addressed and assigned by priority.

Hanover Township, Lehigh County encourages any suggestions and/or information to make the Township a better place to live and work. Please call the Township building with any complaints or suggestions.