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| Smyrna
To Join Cities Nationwide for "America's National Night Out Against
Crime" |
It's called the Neighborhood
Watch event of the year, when the Town of Smyrna joins forces with thousands of
other communities nationwide to give crime and drugs a going away party.
National Night Out 2008 will be held on Tuesday, August 5th at Lee Victory
Recreation Park from 5pm to 8pm.
Neighborhood Watch groups
throughout Smyrna will show their stand against crime on Tuesday, August
5th. Neighborhood Watch groups all across the country unite on the first Tuesday
of August each year to celebrate National Night Out. The purpose is to forge
active crime prevention efforts in neighborhoods, strengthen community-police
partnerships, develop better social and communication ties among neighbors, and
to discuss and develop solutions to neighborhood issues.
Across the country last year over
34 million Neighborhood Watch members in some 10,000 communities participated in
National Night Out, America’s night out against crime. Participating in this
event is a great way for you and your neighbors to unite with Smyrna Police to
show criminals that you are in charge of your neighborhood and that crime is not
tolerated in the Town of Smyrna.
National Night Out
is designed to: 1) Heighten crime and drug prevention
awareness; 2) Generate support for and participation in,
local anticrime efforts; 3) Strengthen neighborhood
spirit and police-community partnerships; and 4) Send a
message to criminals letting them, know neighborhoods are
organized and fighting back.
From 5 to 8 PM on
August 5th, residents in neighborhoods throughout
Smyrna and across the nation, are asked to lock their doors,
turn on outside lights and spend the evening outside with
neighbors and police. Plan on joining us at Lee Victory
Recreation Park to Give Crime and Drugs A Going Away
Party.
Enon Springs Road West will be
closed today (7/18/08) between Old Nashville Highway and Mason Tucker Drive
until approx. 1:00 PM to repair a utility road cut. Please use Mason Tucker
Drive & Noel Lane as alternate routes. Rock Springs Road and Hazelwood Drive
should also be considered for traffic to & from Old Nashville Hwy. and Lowry
Street. Please allow extra time for traffic delays. Thank you for your patience
and understanding.
Beginning June 30, 2008 and continuing for sixty (60) days, Rock
Springs Road will be closed to thru traffic from StoneCrest Blvd. to
Isabella/Springhill Drive. Please use Sam Ridley Pkwy. from StoneCrest to
Isabella or to Old Nashville Hwy. as the main route/detour. President Place
from Cedar Grove to Isabella is to be considered as a second route/detour.
Cedar Grove and Jim Parker Drive at Rock Springs Road will be closed.
Residents of Living Springs Subdivision will have
access to and from StoneCrest Blvd. Residents of Hunter’s Point Subdivision
will use Isabella to Sam Ridley Pkwy.
Detour Map
As a reminder, the speed limit is 25 mph throughout the Rock Springs Road
and The Enon Springs Road construction areas
will be strictly enforced for the safety of the workers and motoring public.
Enon Springs Road West will be
closed between Old Nashville Highway and Mason Tucker Drive on
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 beginning at 8:00 AM for utility work. Please use
Mason Tucker Drive & Noel Lane as alternate routes. Rock Springs Road and
Hazelwood Drive should also be considered for traffic to & from Old Nashville
Hwy. and Lowry Street.
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Chipper Service / Brush Pick-Up
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The Town of
Smyrna provides a curb-side chipper / brush pick-up service. This service is
free to all residents of Smyrna. The Streets Department runs the program. The Streets Department which is in the Public
Works Division explains that the program is operated with the following
guidelines:
1. The pile of brush must be left within four (4) feet of the edge of the road.
This allows the crew to have access to the debris without making a mess in the
resident’s yard.
2. The pile of brush must not be placed under trees, overhead wires or guy wires
so that our equipment can reach it without posing a danger to the operator.
3. The maximum diameter of limbs is six (6) inches. Anything thicker than this
will not be picked up.
4. The pile of brush can be no larger than ten (10) feet by ten (10) feet. If
you think you will have more than this, consider laying out one pile for now and
the other pile the next month.
5. The chipper cannot handle vines, loose leaves or root balls.
6. Do not include in your pile any building materials, plastic, metal, wire,
cardboard, paper or glass.
7. If you have hired a commercial tree service, have them haul off the debris.
In all likelihood, they are already billing you for it.
8. Leaves can be picked up. Simply put them in bio-degradable bags and leave
them at the edge of your yard. Loose leaves will not be picked up.
9. Do not put pile on
street. If an accident occurs as a result of this, the homeowner will be
liable for the damages.
10. There is no need to schedule a pickup. The town is divided into sections and
one section at a time is cleaned. The length of time between pick-ups varies
depending on the amount of debris in the different sections. Please keep in
mind that this is our busiest time of year.
*Note*
The chipper service is a free public service
for the residents and homeowners of Smyrna.
The Town of Smyrna will not pick up anything cut by
a "for profit" trimming or clearing service.
Any questions please call us.
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