Rockland Electric Aims to Minimize Disruptions

Workers hired by a utility company will be sweeping through sections of Wyckoff in the coming weeks in an effort to address tree branches that could disrupt service on their power lines, according to township officials.

Rockland Electric would be doing some "protection maintenance," Wyckoff Committeeman Kevin Rooney said Tuesday, in the area of Russell and Sicomac avenues sometime in the next two weeks.

The utility company has hired Lewis Tree Service to trim back tree limbs hanging near wires in an effort to minimize the likelihood of service disruptions.

Officials couldn't pinpoint an exact start date for the maintenance, but Township Administrator Bob Shannon said he would likely send an eblast to residents next week with details.  

According to Rooney, the utility company is aware that they're required to notify the Wyckoff Police Department every morning when crews expect to be on township roads.

This type of maintenance is typical, Rooney said, and when Rockland Electric — a subsidiary of Orange and Rockland Electric — has completed this upcoming fix it's expected they will return to a different section of the township in June or July.

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