Town of Ogden Highway Department

08/12/2026

07/21/2026

FYI...If you happen to see utility companies either setting flags or spray painting in the road right-of-way in front of your residence they are marking the locations of underground utilities for an upcoming project. This is so the people doing the work are aware of the location of utility lines so that they are not hit during their work. Generally the road right of way is the strip of land by the roadway that is specifically set apart for all underground utilities. UDig NY

07/14/2026

The Mobile DMV at Ogden Town Hall will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15, due to equipment problems. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

07/10/2026

We are happy to see the signs and equipment arrive to start a milling and paving project on Rt 31 in the Town of Ogden. This is a New York State Dot project. We reached out to them today to get the following details. They are scheduled to start Monday 7/13/26 and work from just east of 259 to Manitou Road next week. This section will be daytime work. They will then continue east toward Howard Road in Gates. The complete project is from Washington street to Howard Road. Due to the Culvert project west of of 259 the State DOT is working on the schedule for that section to be paved from where they start Monday to Washington Street.

06/23/2026

Upcoming Road Closure

You may have seen the signs up today. New York State DOT has notified us of the plan to close Nichols Street on June 30th. This closure is scheduled for twelve weeks. Nichols Street will be closed between Kirkgate Drive and Thorncliff Road. The posted detour is Rt 259/ Rt 531/ Rt 36.

06/17/2026

While Mother's Day was well over a month ago now, it is never too late to appreciate the mothers in our lives, both humans and wildlife. Today's highlights a species in our region that has one of the most hard-working moms: the Virginia opossum! This mother was seen carrying her babies around RIT campus last year.

Commonly referred to as just possums, Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana) are the only native marsupial native not just to New York state but to the entirety of North America. When we think of marsupials we typically think of koalas or kangaroos down in Australia. Like those species, our opossums nurse their young in pouches when they are first born.

Life as an opossum mother isn't always easy. Adults are very solitary and do not have a permanent home base, instead making temporary dens as they go along. Opossums can have as many as ten babies in their litter, all of which will climb into her pouch to nurse after being born. After about 60 days, the babies will leave the pouch and venture outside... but only as far as their mother's back. For about another month the babies will continuously latch onto the fur of their mom before she finally kicks them out to be independent and start their own lives. Since this mom was seen in June with babies that means they were born during their first breeding season between February and April. She may have another litter during the second breeding season running from May until July.

Opossums are extremely beneficial to their environment as pest control, especially ticks!

05/02/2026

Ogden Highway is at the start your engines event till 12:00pm today at Pineway ponds park. Thanks you to Ogden Recreation for having this event.

04/28/2026

Come join us tomorrow for the equipment show at the Highway Garage from 9am-2pm. Many vendors showcasing their new equipment.

04/22/2026

Join us on Saturday, June 13th, 2026 for the Town of Ogden's annual FREE Community Recycling Event being held at the Ogden Highway facility from 8:00am until noon. The event will include: electronics drop-off (Sunnking Sustainable Solutions), document shredding (Shred It), and household hazardous waste drop-off (Monroe County). Thank you to our westside town and villages and Monroe County for their assistance with this event. For a complete list of "do's and don'ts " please visit our town web-site.