Smyrna reports steady brush collection, resumed mowing along Jefferson Pike

Tom Rose, a staff member with the Town of Smyrna, delivered a brief public-works update outlining spring right-of-way maintenance across town. He said crews have kept all three brush trucks in continuous operation and are hauling about 45 truckloads — roughly 3,000 cubic yards — of trees and limbs each week to the Florence Road mulching facility.

The update said streets and stormwater departments have maintained an efficient brush-collection cycle of approximately four to five weeks despite higher volumes of debris. Mowing and other right-of-way maintenance began about two weeks earlier, with town staff and contractors working on most public rights-of-way, including the interchanges at exits 66 and 70 and along Lowry Street.

Rose described the equipment in use — zero-turn mowers and tractors fitted with bush hog attachments — and said crews are also applying herbicide treatments near guardrails, utility poles, guy wires and other fixed obstructions, in addition to performing weed trimming and litter removal on designated routes.

Following last year’s Jefferson Pike widening project, the town has resumed full mowing operations on Jefferson Pike from Nissan Drive to Interstate 840; the first mowing cycle on that route took about two weeks to finish, Rose said. For the latest information on these and other projects, Rose directed residents to townofsmyrna.org and the town’s interactive projects map and encouraged anyone with questions to contact the public works department.

"Stay safe out there," Rose added.