Green Brook Set for Clean (Street) Sweeps

Beginning on Monday, Green Brook residents may see an Elgin street sweeper form the Borough of North Plainfield working its way through township streets. 

Under an agreement between the municipalities, North Plainfield will sweep Green Brook’s streets twice a year, with the township paying for the disposal of the waste collected. Green Brook will also provide a crew to follow the sweeper to pick up any debris that was missed.  

"This is the sort of sharing and cooperation that is being promoted in Trenton, and for good reason, we are neighbors after all," North Plainfield Mayor Mike Giordano, who gave the initial green light for the shared arrangement, said.

The two towns are also discussing the coordination of snow plowing on streets that are located on the border of the two municipalities. Al Sprague, Green Brook's Public Works acting supervisor, and Jim Rodino, the North Plainfield's director of Public Works, are discussing ways to divide up the border streets to make it easier and more efficient for the salting and plowing crews this winter. 

"We approached North Plainfield and they were extremely accommodating," Mayor Jerry Searfoss said. "They have been great neighbors and this type of joint initiative takes it to another level.”