Borough Still Waits on County to Repave Boulevard

The borough is still waiting on the county to come in to repave the Boulevard, a project that officials have said is overdue.

Kenneth Job, borough engineer, told the governing body Tuesday that the county has put together its road repaving list, which includes the borough of Hasbrouck Heights, however it has still not been determine whether the work will begin in 2012 or 2013.

Mayor Rose Heck pointed out that the county had promised the borough the Boulevard would be repaved about four years ago. She commented that the Boulevard is in poor shape. 

Job has previously reported that the county’s repaving project was slowed down by the American Disabilities Act zero tolerance policy for barrier-free curb ramps which makes the project more costly and time consuming.  Once the county comes in to resurface the Boulevard the new ADA compliant ramps will be put in as well, Job said.

The borough is also working to continue its own road resurfacing program of local roadways.

Job told the governing body that the current list of roads, provided by DPW Superintendent Bill Spindler, considered in desperate need of resurfacing totals $2.5 million in work. If the borough were to use criteria of when roads should be resurfaced that amount could double or maybe even triple.

Job pointed to three roads which have been on the list the longest – Bell Avenue, Raymond and Springfield which he said amounts to about $470,000 worth of work. Mayor Heck suggested a meeting with the DPW superintendent, council commissioners and members of the finance committee to determine the next steps.

Last year the borough completed the in the borough through its ongoing road improvment project.