Rochester Town Hall
Highway Department
Contact:
Wayne Kelder
Superintendent
Secretary/Purchasing Agent
Town Board Liaison
Address:
PO Box 65
50 Scenic Road
Accord, NY 12404
Phone:
(845) 626-7221
Fax:
(845) 626-0172
Hours:
6:00 AM - 3:30PM
Monday - Friday
(excluding holidays)
Department Photo
Highway Department Staff
Staff
Position
Eric Eck
Deputy Superintendent/Foreman
Barry Davis
Mechanic
Steve Ballard
HMEO
Jeffrey Frey
HMEO
Harm Miedema
HMEO
Vernon Bush
HMEO
Terry Paddock
HMEO
Eric R. Eck
HMEO
Secretary/Purchasing Agent
WKelderweb.jpgThe Superintendent of Highways is an elected position and is headquartered in the Town Garage at the Town Hall.  Wayne Kelder and his employees are responsible for the maintenance of 130 miles of highways inthe town (second largest in the county), including bridge and road repair and snow and ice removal, as well as the maintenance of more than a million dollars worth of road equipment. At present there are 8 full time employees.

May 3, 2006

Open letter to the owners of property that have frontage on Town of Rochester Highways.
As is stated in the Highway Town Law of the State of New York, the Highway Superintendent is responsible for the removal of obstructions including brush from the Highway.
Please except this letter as notification that the highway department will be complying with this law and doing brush cutting thru out the town on all of Rochester owned & maintained Highway.

Thank you,
Wayne F. Kelder
Highway Superintendent
Excess materials: From time to time, the Highway Department has materials which are excess to the job they are undertaking. These include wood chips, wood, road sweepings, blacktop, concrete, gravel and dirt. If you are interested in obtaining any of these, the Highway Department maintains a listing of interested individuals. Preference is given to residents near the area where the Department is carrying out their operations. For further information, contact the Highway Department at 626-7221 or TORHIGHWAY@hvc.rr.com 

Note: The Transfer Station also has wood chips available.

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