{"id":202583,"date":"2026-05-26T15:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/202583\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:38:07","slug":"gas-leaf-blower-ban-in-lower-merion-takes-effect-soon-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/202583\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas Leaf Blower Ban In Lower Merion Takes Effect Soon: What To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOWER MERION, PA \u2014 Lower Merion Township&#8217;s ban on gas-powered leaf blowing takes effect next week, when the use of gas leaf blowers will be prohibited until the fall.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/pennsylvania\/ardmore\/gas-leaf-blowers-banned-lower-merion-township\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">voted to phase out<\/a> gas-powered leaf blower use, which will lead to a ban in 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, gas-powered leaf blowers will be prohibited during portions of each year.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the timeline:<\/p>\n<p>2026: The first stage takes effect next week, when Lower Merion bans gas-powered leaf blowing from Monday, June 1 to Oct. 1.2027: banned from Jan. 1 to April 1 and from June 1 to Oct. 1.2028: prohibited from Jan. 1 to Oct. 1.2029 and after: fully banned.<\/p>\n<p>Electric-powered leaf blowing is allowed. But using gas-powered generators to run corded electric leaf blowers will be prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>The restrictions apply to everyone, including landscapers working in Lower Merion.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowermerion.org\/departments\/sustainability\/energy-transition\/electric-lawn-equipment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">township&#8217;s website<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOWER MERION, PA \u2014 Lower Merion Township&#8217;s ban on gas-powered leaf blowing takes effect next week, when the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[183,185,184,186],"class_list":["post-202583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion-headlines","tag-lower-merion-news","tag-lower-merion-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}