The Highway and Water Departments provide highway and water services for the Town. It also receives and maintains reservations for the use of Town parks and rentals of cabins. If our website does not answer all of the questions you may have, please feel free to contact the office and we will be glad to help out!

Jim Fletcher
Highway/Water Superintendent

 

 

 

Snow Safety Reminders
REMEMBER do not follow plow trucks to closely or try to pass them. Give them plenty of room to turn around in intersections. DO NOT plow your snow across the road from your driveway or anyone you hire to plow for you as well. It is against the law per the vehicle and traffic law!

Mailbox Policy
If the mailbox is located in the town’s right-of-way we are not responsible for any damage that may occur. However, the town will replace at its discretion a mailbox and or post and mailbox at no charge to the resident if we are found to have damaged it. A replacement consists of one 4x4 post and across arm and a steel black mailbox. The town will NOT reimburse you if you choose to repair the mailbox yourself.

Recycling Highlight
At the beginning of 2010 the Town of Canandaigua’s Recycling has been converted to “Zero-Sorting”. You no longer need to sort your recyclables before coming to the transfer station! Please stop by Town Hall for your 2010 resident permit to the transfer facility.

The Town of Canandaigua Highway Department is responsible for the general maintenance of all the town-dedicated roads. This includes ditching, paving, tree and brush removal in the town’s right-of-way, mowing roadsides and plowing and ice control during the winter months. In the spring and summer months we oil and stone roads, replace culverts, clean ditches and pave roads.

Supervisor Jim Fletcher coordinates the work for the crews and oversees the Highway, Water, Parks and Recycling/Refuse Departments. His office is at 5440 Route 5&20 in the highway building. He can be reached at (585) 394-3300 or email at jfletcher@townofcanandaigua.org.

The Highway Department also:

• Handles 149 Permits
• Handles road sign work
• Coordinates dead deer removal from town roadways

Supervisor Jim Fletcher oversees the Town of Canandaigua Water Department. Water used by town residents comes from the City of Canandaigua water treatment plant and is distributed to the Town residents.

The Water Department have the following responsibilities: turn on and off water, install new water meters, replace old water meters with new ones, inspect water mains and water services, install new water mains, flush fire hydrants, maintain valves and pressure reducing valves, perform final water meter readings for a sale of a home or business, conduct water sampling.

The Town of Canandaigua does NOT do routine water meter readings or the water billing. This service is provided by the Canandaigua-Farmington Water District. Any questions about your billing should be directed to the District at (585) 924-3158.

The Water Department also:

• Installs and maintains fire hydrants
• Marks water lines for contractors
• Maintains the pump stations and the water tank

The Landfill Transfer & Recycling Station accepts:

• Milk cartons, drink boxes or pizza boxes
• Newspapers: store fliers, "Shoppers Guide" type ads, news print used for packing. If it comes in the paper, it goes with the paper
• Car batteries
• Clothes
• Used oil
• Corrugated cardboard
• Plastic No. 1-7
• Household garbage in CLEAR trash bags or emptied from open containers Kitchen trash compactor bags ARE acceptable.
• Metal: tin & aluminum cans, aluminum pie pans, caps, lids, appliances
• Cardboard: flattened corrugated cardboard, brown paper bags, brown movers wrap
• Leaves, brush, Christmas trees, & yard debris
• Batteries: Car, truck, boat, motorcycle & lawn tractor batteries only
• Copper
• Radiators

The Landfill Transfer & Recycling Station does NOT accept :

• Construction and demolition debris (can be disposed of at a $2.00 per coupon charge based on a 55-gallon container purchased ahead of time at the Town Clerk's office)
• Leaves, brush, and yard debris (can be disposed of also in our compost pile behind the facility)
• Hazardous waste (propane tanks, paint, fuel, etc.)
• Window glass, picture frame glass, perfume bottles, drinking glasses, opaque glass, or ceramics

Permits and Coupons:
Transfer and recycling is available with permit only for Town of Canandaigua residents. Permits are available from the Town Clerk's office in Town hall with proof of residency. Registration is needed for any vehicle using facility. Coupons are available to town residents from the Town Clerk during the hours of 8:00am - 4:00pm Monday through Friday.

Click here for more Waste and Recycling information including 2010 resident stickers and coupon requirements.

 

Hazardous Materials Disposal:
Please contact the County's Department of Solid Waste Management at (585) 396-4482 for dates and further information on disposal of hazardous waste.

Other:
If For any item not listed here, please talk to one of the attendants. If you have excessive amounts of demolition and construction materials to remove, please refer to your local yellow page listings for sources for renting roll-offs. All services are provided to the Town of Canandaigua residents only.

Reservations for use of the Town of Canandaigua parks and rentals of cabins are made through this office at (585) 394-3300. Please visit the Parks & Recreation webpage for information on types of facilities and pricing.

• New York State Department of Transportation – (585) 396-4955
• Ontario County Department of Transportation – (585) 396-4174
• Canandaigua City Public Works Department – (585) 396-5060
• Town of Canandaigua Map