{"id":208643,"date":"2026-06-02T18:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/208643\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:28:11","slug":"seasonal-gas-powered-leaf-blower-ban-goes-into-effect-in-lower-merion-township-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/208643\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal gas-powered leaf blower ban goes into effect in Lower Merion Township"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WPVI;\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WPVI\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"107\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/wpvicov.png\"\/><\/a>Mon, June 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>A seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers went into effect Monday, June 1st, in <a data-ylk=\"slk:Lower Merion Township.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/place\/lower-merion-township\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Lower Merion Township.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under the township&#8217;s new regulations, using the equipment is prohibited through October 1.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a data-ylk=\"slk:Climate Ready: Lower Merion&#039;s push for greener, quieter lawn care;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/videoClip\/18908574\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" 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>This marks the first phase of the full ban, which doesn&#8217;t go into effect until 2029.<\/p>\n<p>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>Radnor Township is also weighing a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon, June 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM UTC A seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers went into effect&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[24176,183,185,184,186,91555,40495],"class_list":["post-208643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lower-merion","tag-leaf-blowers","tag-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion-headlines","tag-lower-merion-news","tag-lower-merion-township","tag-noise-pollution","tag-radnor-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208643","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=208643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}