Moorestown Council Makes Final Decision on Hockey Rink, Municipal Parking Lot

Moorestown, NJ -- Moorestown Council gave final approval to a pair of ordinances aimed at completing two major projects in the township Monday night.

Council unanimously approved a proposed ordinance to appropriate $1 million to be used for the total reconstruction of the Second Street municipal parking lot, which includes new curbing, piping, tree removal and any other details related to the complete reconstruction of the parking lot.

It also approved a proposed ordinance to appropriate $150,000 to be used for the reconstruction of the hockey rink at Wesley Bishop Park. As part of that project, the dasher boards that are removed from that hockey rink will be repurposed for the hockey rink at Jeff Young Park.

Slade bid $970,000 to do the parking lot, and $341,000 for the hockey rink. The township received a $250,000 grant to put toward work on the hockey rink project, and the Moorestown Youth Hockey Association (MYSHA) promised to put $80,000 toward the project.

Both estimates from Slade were lower than what the township estimated each project would cost.

Slade’s bid on the site plan for the hockey rink was so low, Councilman Manny Delgado wanted to make sure the construction company knew the dasher boards were going to be repurposed.

“It will be made abundantly clear,” Township Manager Scott Carew said.

Work on the hockey rink will begin after the season ends on Aug. 1.

The lawn will be re-seeded at the end of the project. Slade will be responsible for the re-seeding and making sure the lawn prospers during the first year after completion.

As long as it does, the township will assume oversight of the lawn after that, Carew said.

Both projects were approved with 5-0 votes.