4th of July Trash Info!
4th of July Trash Info!
The Public Works Department
is digging up all the necessary information to keep you informed about our
department! Our e-mail addresses are dmccarthy@townofraymondnh.com,
and dogrady@townofraymondnh.com
Public Works consists of: Highway, Water, Cemeteries, General Government Buildings, Fleet Maintenance, Solid Waste and Parks. Just click on the names for more information, then use your back arrow key to return to this menu.
In order to better serve the Town of Raymond, Waste Management will be adjusting the current curbside collection schedule for solid waste and recycling. Click on the link below to find an updated collection route schedule for the town. We ask that you please take time to look over this information carefully. Effective May 6th, curbside collection will follow this new schedule.
Collections on Wednesday and Thursday will NOT be affected.
These changes are being implemented to provide
a greater level of service to residents while reducing the town's
overall solid waste costs.
Trash pick-up May 27, 2008 - Notice
Highway Division:
this division consists of a dedicated group of workers responsible for maintaining
all the town's roadways. This responsibility requires them to plow and treat
the roads, trim the side of the roads, build and maintain catch basins and
roadways, patch potholes, sweep the roads. This division also provides support
to all the other town departments.
Believe it or not the warm weather will return and some homeowners will be
re-paving their driveways. While at this time it is not necessary to obtain
a permit to re-pave a driveway, the work must be accompanied in accordance
with town driveway regulations, a copy of which can be obtained at the Public
Works Office.
The driveway regulations are summarized as follows:
• driveways must slope away from the town roads
• new paved surfaces must not be higher than the paved road surface
• driveways shall not be widened beyond 20 feet at the pavement and 14
feet at the property line or to the original driveway width.
Cemetery Division:
This division provides maintenance to the town cemeteries consisting of mowing,
raking, trimming, along with tree planting and access road maintenance. The
roads in the New Pine Grove Cemetery and Old Pine Grove Cemetery have been
paved and new trees have been planted in front and along the sides.
Building and Grounds Division: This
division is responsible for cleaning, repairing, snow removal and general
upkeep of the town buildings (Safety Complex, Old Fire House, Town Office
Building, Highway Garage and Maintenance Shed) plus outside area. If you have
questions please contact dogrady@townofraymondnh.com.
Fleet Maintenance Division:
This division does not get much notice, but has a very important function.
This hard working crew of one full time and one part time mechanic, assisted
and augmented by the Highway Department Staff, maintains all of the town's
equipment (trucks, cruisers, tractors, mowers, trailors, etc.), and install,
repair, replace signs. Currently, the town owns approximately 65 pieces of
rolling stock.
Water Division: This division
stands by itself with no revenues from taxpayers. The Water System serves
much of the downtown area with town water and has approximately 120 fire hydrants.
The division supplies approximately 250,000 gallons a day. Water bills are
sent quarterly; January, April, July, and October. The hydrants in the town
are maintained by this division and are flushed in April and October usually
during the hours of 8:00 p.m. to Midnight on Tuesdays and Thursdays. During
the winter months, if you have a hydrant in front of your house, please keep
it clear of snow. Copies of the Raymond Water Department's Year 2004 Consumer
Confidence Report are available at the Raymond Town Office Building, Raymond
Public Works Office and the Dudley Tucker Library. Copies may also be requested
by calling the Public Works Office at (603) 895-4657.
If you have any problems or questions you can contact the Water Department
at 895-4657 or e-mail us at dogrady@townofraymonndnh.com
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Water Treatment Plant Update
At long last the water treatment plant is online. This plant is designed
to remove radon, iron, and manganese, eliminating the historic brown and/or
red water staining problems. In addition this water is chlorinated and a new
third well will be connected to the system. The final system improvement pending
is the construction of a half million gallon storage structure. This structure
is anticipated to be constructed on Long Hill Road. The necessary transmission
line has been installed in conjunction with the Phase III—Reconstruction
of Long Hill Road.
Parks Division: The staff of the Public Works Department under the guidance and direction of the Buildings and Grounds Division provide all maintenance. This division is responsible for maintenance and improvements to the town's buildings, parks, fields and grounds. These areas consist of the following:
Skateboard Park is located on Old Manchester Road by the Safety Complex. It was constructed in 1997 thru a grant from the State of New Hampshire Division for Children and Youth Services.
Middle School Fields are located at the Iber Holmes Gove Middle School off Epping Street and include soccer and baseball fields; basketball and tennis courts, and a picnic pavilion. These fields are fully irrigated from an on site pump, which draws from the Lamprey River.
The tennis courts are lighted and were recently resurfaced and painted.
The basketball courts recently received new pavement and are in the process of being painted and new lines applied. The courts are lighted for evening use.
The track is a quarter mile track. The high school holds their tracks meets here for class M track events. The track is 5 lanes, has a long jump pit, shot put and discus ring.
Pavilion structure is behind the Iber Gove Middle School adjacent to the Tennis Courts and Basketball Courts off of Epping Street. The Parent Core Group built this facility, in 2002.
Carroll Lake, the town beach, is located behind the Lamprey River Elementary School off Old Manchester Road. The beach is open to the public during the summer months and is handicap accessible to the water.
Welch Fields are located off of Route 107. Currently the fields are used for baseball, tee ball and football. These fields are fully irrigated from an on site well.
Cammett Fields are located off of Onway Lake Road. These fields consist of soccer and baseball. These fields are fully irrigated from a pump system on site, which draws from the Lamprey River.
The irrigation systems for all the fields consists of 12,000 feet (2.3 miles) of irrigation piping, 183 irrigation heads and 3 pumps.
The surface area of all the fields combined totals 22 acres, all of which must be limed, fertilized, seeded, mowed and raked.
Riverside Park is located off of Sundeen Parkway. This 65 acre complex offers walking trails, horseshoe pits, a large multi purpose field and plenty of wild life. Soon to be added are community gardens, overlooks to the river & center of town and a dog park.
Pay As You Throw & Curbside Recycling began the week
of June 27, 2005!
For FAQ's click here.
Solid Waste (Curb Side Rubbish Pick Up ) Waste Management, Inc. (WMI) presently
has the contract for trash removal for the town. There is a limit of eight plastic
bags or 4 barrels per week per household. The trash needs to be out at the curb
by 7:00 a.m. of your designated collection day. WMI is contracted to pick up
household trash only. Anything else needs to be brought to the Transfer/Recycling
Facility. Should you have any rubbish collection problems feel free to contact
WMI directly by calling 1-800-847-5303. Remember the Pay As You Throw will begin
the week of June 27th.
There will be no trash collection of the following holidays. The pick up will be delayed one day that holiday week. New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.
Trash bags may be purchased at the following locations: Hannaford's, Downtown Convenience Store, Ben Franklin's, Raymond Town Office, Gibbs Oil.
click here for a recycling list
Tuesday through Saturday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (winter hours for Saturdays is 8:00 am to noon). This is operated on a fee basis
Disposal Rates. Any questions regarding disposal or rates call Bestway Disposal 895-6273.
D6/19/2008
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