Union Bay / Fanny Bay
No Cost Chipper Program
Nov 25-29, 2024
Update Nov 22, 2024
A reminder to all resident’s intending to take advantage of the chipper program.
The contractor will start in the Kilmarnock area in the north of our protection area and work their way to the Rosewall Creek area in the south.
Everyone is asked to have their branches and limbs at the ends of their driveways prior to the morning of November 25th. There is no way to gauge at what pace the contractor will travel through the Union Bay and Fanny Bay Protection areas. So to avoid being missed please have whatever you want chipped out and ready. Thank you.
Please follow the rules listed below
- No rocks, no nails, no roots (to ensure they do not damage the machinery).
- No treated lumber or construction waste.
- No bags of leaves or grass clippings. • Ideally all the “butt ends” of branches pointed the same way so an entire bundle can be grabbed and fed right into the chipper.
- Tree trimmings must be under 20 centimetres (8”) in diameter and 5 metres (16’) length maximum.
- No invasive species such as Scotch Broom, English Holly, Giant Hogweed and Knotweed.
- Contractor reserves the right not to pickup any pile they feel does not meet these rules.
- Do not block traffic by piling debris on the road.
- Any debris brought to the end of your driveway after the starting date may not be picked up.
- All chips must be disposed of, as the funding/grant objective is to remove wildfire fuel from the landscape.