Pedestrian Safety Grant Will Improve Warren Point School Intersection
The borough has been awarded just over $146,000 from the state for pedestrian safety improvements.
The borough has received another grant from the state to make pedestrian safety improvements along the Broadway corridor.
"We're very pleased that we received that money and I'm sure we'll be putting it to good use," Mayor Jeanne Baratta said at Tuesday's council meeting. "The council sends our thanks to Governor Christie for giving us $146,000 that we didn't have."
Deputy Mayor Ed Trawinski said the Broadway Improvement Corporation, of which he is a borough liaison, was looking to use the money for traffic calming devices near Warren Point Elementary School.
"The Broadway Improvement Corporation prioritized the Broadway intersections based upon the master plan report that it received from the planner and the number one priority for which they authorized the approach for additional grant funding is the Warren Point intersection," Trawinski said.
Resident Pamela Coles expressed gratitude that the money would go toward that intersection, which she said was a major safety hazard.
"When parents have to park at an already busy corner and then have to navigate small children across four lanes of highway with people rushing to work, that's not a great site," she said. "That corner is in dying need, so whatever we can do there."
Trawinski said there are also a couple of other areas along Broadway, in addition to the 30th Street intersection, where the Broadway Improvement Corporation would like to install traffic calming devices.
Ezra P.
7:10 am on Monday, April 2, 2012
There is an officer there in the morning/afternoon - but Broadway is large and he mostly controls one direction of traffic at a time. I am not sure what can be done without screwing up Broadway. They should post that is school is present earlier. Right now the only indication is the school 25mph sign right at the corner - without any real warning.
Also - the officer and crossing guards are not present during the Noon hour when kindergarten students leave/enter for their half-day programs. See http://www.edline.net/pages/Warren_Point/News/IMPORTANT_NOTE_ABOUT_CROSSING_
Bruce Knuckle
9:47 am on Monday, April 2, 2012
A pedestrian bridge would be the best option and the officer could go back to patrol.
Me
4:22 pm on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
A bridge would be nice but there is no room for it, unless CVS lets us build some on their land, then go diagonal across the intersection, then onto Warren Point. But that isn't going to happen.
So the question is, what are they going to do with $146k there? I'd be a crossing guard for that much.
LENNY
11:08 am on Monday, April 2, 2012
if our fairlawn board of education never closed the warren point annex and sell it to gain money long spent our kids would not have this problem oh by the way we then had to bond spend money to add on to to the warren point school and other schools in town because they needed space.once again a good example of planning by are board which some people might still be on from that group.How many times have we closed schools to re open them move our board of education offices? your tax dollars and money wasted that could have gone to our kids education.
Tommy P
10:58 pm on Monday, April 2, 2012
Dear Mayor, the Governor did NOT give us that money. He did NOT reach in to his pocket, but rather he reached into OUR pockets, you know the tax payers of NJ.
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