MANALAPAN – Grants received from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) will help pay for two significant road projects in Manalapan this year.
During the May 9 meeting of the Township Committee, members of the governing body voted 5-0 to adopt an ordinance appropriating $3.57 million for capital improvements and equipment in 2018.
Manalapan is expected to issue $2.59 million in bonds or notes and to reappropriate $313,100 from previous bond proceeds that were not needed for their intended purposes in order to undertake this year’s roster of capital improvements, Township Administrator Tara Lovrich said.
Two primary projects expected to occur are the resurfacing of Taylors Mills Road and the resurfacing of Gordons Corner Road. The township expects to receive $535,000 in grants from the DOT.
Officials will make a $136,346 down payment on the total improvements. The money will come from Manalapan’s capital improvement fund.
The improvements authorized and the purposes for which the obligations are to be issued consist of:
• The acquisition of capital equipment, including but not limited to, a tandem dump truck, loader, salt conveyor, new dump body, Breathalyzer/alcohol tester, ballistic shields, MorphoTrak Live Scan System, a fully marked and equipped police sport utility vehicle (SUV), and an unmarked detective SUV.
• Buildings and grounds improvements including, but not limited to, field renovations at the Manalapan Recreation Center, irrigation system upgrade, tennis court upgrade, hockey rink to pickleball court conversion at the recreation center, skylight upgrade to the municipal building roof, and natural gas conversion for the recreation center’s Kuschick Pavilion.
• Road improvements, including Monmouth Heights Phase VI – paving, curbing and concrete, and at various other locations including, but not limited to, Devon Drive North, Dortmunder Drive, Doe Drive, Fawn Run, Alexandria Drive, Micki Terrace and Apache Drive.
• The acquisition of computer workstations.
