A $3,186,800 road improvement program that will be carried out throughout Tinton Falls will include the paving of 13 municipal roads and the restoration of select sidewalks.
That was the assessment offered on Nov. 12 by Business Administrator Mike Skudera, who said preliminary work on the improvements will begin before the end of the year.
He said the preliminary work related to the planned road improvements includes repairs to sidewalks, drainage infrastructure and sewers.
Skudera, who said groups of roads are repaired every two years, said the 13 roads chosen in this round were selected based on age and existing conditions. He said most of the pavement work will be completed during the spring and summer of 2019.
The roads that will be paved are Stevenson Avenue, Howard Avenue, Cross Way, South Terrace, Springdale Avenue, Old Mill Road, Marland Road, Water Street, Liberty Drive, Wheeling Court, Fox Chase Drive, and Asbury Avenue to Filly Way North, according to a report prepared for the borough by the engineering firm T&M Associates.
The report states new sidewalks will be constructed along the west side of Tinton Avenue and Wayside Road.
Skudera said 1,500 feet of sidewalk, where there are gaps in the foundation, will be constructed to function as one uniform sidewalk.
“The sidewalk repair outside Borough Hall will allow pedestrians to have easy access to government services and buildings,” he said.
Borough Hall is located at 556 Tinton Ave.
Traffic calming measures in the form of bump-outs – curb extensions – will be included along Heritage Boulevard to “slow down traffic where speeding has been a concern,” Skudera said.
According to the 2018 municipal budget presentation provided by Skudera, grants in the amount of $327,486, a prior bond ordinance amounting to $395,000, an appropriation of $124,314 from the borough’s capital improvement fund and $2.34 million in authorized debt will fund the cost of the program.
Skudera said the borough’s debt “remains neutral this year.”
