JANUARY 2026 STORM INFORMATION

                                                                                                         SNOW EMERGENCY INFORMATION


Due to the forecast of snow for this weekend - specifically Sunday January 25 into Monday January 26, 2026, The Boroughs of Boyertown and Bechtelsville have declared snow emergencies to be in effect from 11 PM on Saturday January 24th, through noon on Monday January 26. Colebrookdale Township will have a snow emergency that will be in effect automatically upon the start of the snow, freezing rain, or sleet event, and will remain in effect until 48 hours after the end of the snowfall, freezing rain, or sleet.

Snow emergency routes, by municipality, are as follows:

- Colebrookdale Twp. – Lindy Lane, west of Brookview Drive (as posted).

- Boyertown Borough – All of East and West Philadelphia Avenue, All of North and South Reading Avenue, All of Madison Street, N. Monroe Street between East Fourth and East Philadelphia Avenue.

- Bechtelsville Borough – All of East Chestnut Street

******Parking on snow emergency routes is prohibited during the snow emergency, and VEHICLES WHICH ARE IN VIOLATION WILL BE TOWED.


We make the following additional suggestions and requests in order to try to help everyone stay safe, and to help facilitate a safe and efficient clean-up effort:

- Park off-street if possible, even if not on a snow emergency route - fewer vehicles parked on the streets will allow the street and road departments to do a better and quicker job of clearing the roadways, and to do it more safely.
- Refrain from travelling during the storm, if possible.
- If you must travel during the storm, adjust speed and allow additional stopping and reaction distances.
- Remember that road surfaces may be slippery even if they do not appear to be, and conditions may deteriorate rapidly and suddenly throughout the storm.
- Yield to and allow plenty of distance from plowing and salting road maintenance trucks.
- If your vehicle becomes stuck or disabled, do not leave it abandoned or unattended on the roadway – call the police or a tow truck. While waiting for help, remain in your vehicle, or if you must get out of it, position yourself a safe distance away from the roadway – do not stand outside your vehicle on or near the roadway.
- Do not plow, shovel, blow, or otherwise deposit snow into the roadways when removing it from other places. (Depositing snow into roadways or otherwise interfering with road maintenance trucks and workers attempting to clear the roadways is a violation of ordinances and/or the vehicle code, and police will issue citations.)

If you need help in an emergency, call 911. If you are in Colebrookdale Township or the Boroughs of Boyertown or Bechtelsville, know that Eastern Berks Regional Police Officers will be on-duty and ready to assist.

Chief’s Welcome Message:

Welcome to the web site of the newly established Eastern Berks Regional Police Department, and thank you for your interest in the department and the community we serve. The department was created by ordinances and an intergovernmental agreement jointly adopted by the Colebrookdale Township Board of Commissioners, and Boyertown Borough Council on December 2, 2019, to replace the police departments of the two municipalities. This was a visionary and courageous commitment. The elected governing bodies of the two municipalities recognized the challenges of maintaining professional, modern police service that would continue to meet the needs of the community in a changing society well into the future, and they as well recognized the potential benefits of inter-municipal cooperation as a means of achieving that end. The Borough and the Township share substantial common borders and make an ideal geographic and logistical fit for service by a single policing entity. The Department is overseen by a Regional Police Commission with elected and appointed representation from both municipalities. The Police Commission first met and organized on January 8th, 2020, and the Department went in service and took over policing the combined jurisdiction on June 1, 2020. The new department is headquartered at 16 W. Philadelphia Avenue in Boyertown, and maintained the telephone numbers from both the former Boyertown and Colebrookdale Departments. The police vehicles, uniforms, and building signs got a new look to go along with the new name as we created our new identity, while the dedicated officers from both the former departments continue working together as a single, cohesive unit, to continue serving and protecting Colebrookdale Township and the Boroughs of Boyertown and Bechtelsville. Feel free to check back here for updates. Residents of the community are also welcome to call me with questions, concerns, or suggestions relative to the Department and the service we provide. We appreciate your support and look forward to learning, growing, and serving with all of you.


Sincerely,
Barry Leatherman, Chief