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Monday July 14, 2008
Rose Place Resurfacing Planned
by Tina Pappas – July 14, 2008
Rose Place will seem a lot more ‘rosier’ to drive on so-to-speak, thanks to its planned resurfacing during the summer.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has awarded the borough $165,000 toward the costs of resurfacing the road from it trust fund. The project will also include replacement of concrete curbs with granite blocks, said Kevin Galland, municipal clerk.
“Besides the need to resurface the road, there will be curb work done to the section of the road where there is presently curb deterioration and the addition of curb where there isn’t any,” he said. “The contract bids are presently out and due back to the borough by Tuesday, July 15. If we could analyze these bids in a timely fashion, Mayor Lepore and council can award a contract during their regular council session on Wednesday, July 16.”
According to Galland, every municipality each year can apply to the NJDOT in order to receive funding for the purpose of resurfacing and improving local streets.
“Last year we resurfaced Hillcrest Avenue and this year we applied for Rose Place,” he added. “We have an application requesting Newby Street for next year. Obviously each municipality has to lay out the remainder of the cost if the transportation fund doesn’t fully cover the total amount of the cost.”
The estimated cost for the entire Rose Place project is at $375,000, in which the borough will receive $165,000 directly from the NJDOT. The remainder of the cost will come from the 2008 Bond Ordinance, which was recently passed by mayor and council.
The bond ordinance entails a list of capital projects which require funding that the mayor and council pass during a public hearing each year. Once passed, the municipality can seek to borrow money on specific projects. Street paving and improvement funding receives money separate from open space funds on both the county as well as the local municipality. Referendums usually need to be passed for both levels of open space project funding once acquiring local land space.
Another scheduled road improvement slated for this summer is to be done at Browertown Road as a result of a sewer line installation.
“The onset of the project should start as soon as early next week,” he explained. “The whole effort is a result of K. Hovnanian, Inc.’s sewer line installation, which will run down Browertown Road and link up to sewer line into the borough’s pump station. The improvement will come as a direct result of portions of the road being torn and then repaved. This will come at no cost to the municipality.”
Reprinted with permission. (c)2008 Passaic Valley Today (Passaic Co., NJ) Tina Pappas
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