

The department prides itself on being able to maintain safe road conditions throughout the winter season. The Road Department has the equipment needed to handle the worst of Western Pennsylvania’s winters. Naturally the biggest job of the winter is snow and ice removal. Each year over a ton of leaves are collected and disposed of by the Public Works Department. In the fall, all residents of Shenango Township are provided the opportunity of free-leaf pick-up on a scheduled basis.

In addition to street resurfacing, work at this time of year shifts into full swing with the improvement, enlargement and upkeep of township-maintained stormwater systems.

The Annual Resurfacing Program continues each summer as entire streets and/or sections of streets are resurfaced according to a yearly maintenance schedule and a yearly assessment of road damage to every township maintained street. Manning, from the eastern part of the State. Also, damage to township streets incurred during the winter months is repaired. John Manning came from Ireland, and, after living in Virginia, and in Washington County, Pennsylvania, finally came to Shenango Township in 1805, and together with Reuben Bell, located on a two-hundred-acre tract. All streets are swept, stormwater lines checked, cleaned and repaired. Spring finds the Shenango Township Public Works Department cleaning up winter storm damage and debris.
