Lansing's Highway Department is getting ready for its Spring brush pickup.  The department picks up brush and tree limbs every year as a free service to residents.  This year they will be picking up in the Town of Lansing between April 24 and April 27, and in the Village of Lansing between May 1 and May 4.

Residents simply place their brush and limbs by the roadside before the first pickup day.  The Town picks up the brush and puts it through a chipper, which creates mulch that is made available to individuals for free.  It is important to follow the department's guidelines if you want brush picked up:

  • Place brush/limbs at roadside before 6:00am the first day (Town: 04/24, Village: 05/01)
  • Pile brush/limbs loosely with the cut ends toward the road
  • Limb diameter must be 8 inches or less
  • Limb length must be 8 feet or less
  • Do not tie material or place in bags
  • No leaves
  • One pick-up load per household
  • The crew passes each resident's house once only

"The Town gives away the mulch," Highway Superintendent Jack French. " We've got a huge pile up here behind the shop."  Individuals can just take it from the pile at the Highway Department building on Town Barn Road.  The mulch is not available to commercial companies.  French says it is only for individuals.

French says the Town has had an arrangement with Tompkins County that produces more mulch than is generated by the pickup.  "We allow the county to dump brush, and they pay for a chipper to chip it up," he says.  Because of this Lansing has allowed any county resident to take mulch from the pile.  But French says the County may use their brush for a project at the Cayuga Nature Center next year.  If this happens only Lansing residents will be eligible for the free mulch.

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