Downtown Toms River Paving Set To Finish Up Tuesday

TOMS RIVER, NJ — Crews will be paving three streets in the downtown Toms River area on Tuesday as work to repair pavement that was opened up for water main replacement winds down.

The paving by Earle Asphalt will be done on Batchelor Street, and East Woodland and West Woodland avenues, and is expected to be done from about 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., officials with the water company Veolia — which merged with Suez earlier this year — said Monday.

Residents in the affected area were to receive an automated call on Monday alerting them to the work.

"We expect this work to be completed tomorrow, which will also represent the last day of paving," said Jane Kunka, a spokeswoman for Veolia.

Veolia North America has 10,000 employees and says it is the leading water and wastewater treatment company in the United States for cities and municipalities.

"In North America, Veolia is already active in water and wastewater treatment, commercial and
hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting through its decarbonization offerings as well as resource recovery, including the recycling of wind turbine blades," the company said. "The combination of the strengths and assets of the two companies will bring innovation and enhanced resources to strongly support the ecological transformation of the U.S. water sector and to contribute to the country’s 2030 carbon neutrality goals."

Veolia is looking to make changes in water and wastewater treatment including water reclamation and reuse programs that preserve and recycle water resources, and it wants to make improve hazardous waste management in ways that "ensure safe and reliable disposal of materials that otherwise would pose a threat to natural resources."

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