{"id":207811,"date":"2026-06-01T22:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T22:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/207811\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T22:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T22:02:08","slug":"seasonal-gas-powered-leaf-blower-ban-goes-into-effect-in-lower-merion-township-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/207811\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect in Lower Merion Township"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, June 1, 2026 9:01PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Seasonal gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect in Lower Merion Township\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; A seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers went into effect Monday, June 1st, in <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/place\/lower-merion-township\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lower Merion Township.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Under the township&#8217;s new regulations, using the equipment is prohibited through October 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">RELATED | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/videoClip\/18908574\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Ready: Lower Merion&#8217;s push for greener, quieter lawn care<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The measure addresses not only air pollution but noise pollution as well &#8211; and it has not come without controversy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This marks the first phase of the full ban, which doesn&#8217;t go into effect until 2029.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The next phase goes into effect in 2027, when gas-powered leaf blowers will be prohibited from January 1 to April 1, and once again from June 1 to October 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Radnor Township is also weighing a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, June 1, 2026 9:01PM LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; A seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[91333,183,185,184,186],"class_list":["post-207811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lower-merion","tag-91333","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\/207811","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=207811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}