Borough Receives Pedestrian Safety Grant
The borough has been awarded $150,000 from the New Jersey Department of Transportation for pedestrian safety improvements
The borough has received a $150,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation to make pedestrian safety improvements along the Broadway corridor.
The money will go toward creating a Broadway bump-out or bump-outs, like the type that exist on River Road, borough manager Tom Metzler said.
Bump-outs, also known as curb extensions, are used as traffic calming devices on busy roadways. Their purpose is to provide an additional element to shield vehicles parked on the street and enable pedestrians to make shorter, safer crossings at intersections.
Tommy P
11:02 am on Saturday, February 18, 2012
We already have a major deficiency in terms of parking. Mr Metzler, how many fewer spaces are we going to have?
delgado
10:17 pm on Sunday, February 19, 2012
Watch who gets the grant money. It will be a politically connected engineering firm that gave poltical contributions to the Bergen Republicans.... that is the only reason Christie gave the grant....even though Christie said he was going to cut spending, (but not when the Fair Lawn Mayor works for the Bergen republican executive) Also Metlzer has to tell the Patch that the grants includes matching funds from Fair Lawn residents.
Tommy P
11:18 pm on Monday, February 20, 2012
@Zak. This story sounded very familiar, didn't then Mayor Swain accept the same $150,000 grant this time last year?
http://www.northjersey.com/community/116744229_Bump-outs_coming_to_Fair_Lawn_s_Broadway_District.html?scpromo=1
Zak Koeske
11:29 pm on Monday, February 20, 2012
Yes, it appears to be the same grant the borough received last year -- although I wasn't aware of that at the time I wrote this article. I'm not sure how the money received last year was ultimately used, but I can find out if you're interested.
Tommy P
11:36 pm on Tuesday, February 21, 2012
It would be interesting.
Tommy P
5:19 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
I have verified this grant has no match by the Borough. This is project is known as "Broadway (NJ4) Corridor-Pedestrian Safety Improvements" Job number 2205135. I am still curious as to why last year's grant fell apart. The State will pickup the full $150,000 on this one.
Zak Koeske
5:46 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Thanks for checking. I knew there was no borough match involved, but I didn't realize last year's grant fell through. Is it possible that Fair Lawn just received the same grant in two consecutive years, or did you find in your research that the state funding last year was never released?