Construction Begins on New Borough Hall Sign

The construction of a new electric sign outside borough hall, along Hopatchung Road, began Tuesday.

Superintendent Ron Jobeless said he hoped it would be installed by Thursday or Friday, barring rain.

Jobeless said the 3-foot tall, 7-foot wide sign would be operated from inside borough hall, rendering the current hand-operated sign below the clock obsolete. He also said two 2-foot wide, 6-foot columns would bookend the sign.

The sign's cost was included in the more than $60,000 the Department of Transportation added to the borough's $337,121 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded project, which has brought to Hopatchung Road