photos by Boyd Loving
Garber Square construction project
TRAFFIC ALERT – Garber Square Complete Streets Project
The Garber Square paving project resumed Monday, August 25th. The work is taking place 7:30am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday. During construction, vehicles will be able to use alternating lanes (one lane will be closed), supervised by Police Officers. It is recommended that the public use alternate routes during construction to avoid potential traffic congestion. Thank you for your patience.
Photos by Boyd Loving
Have they finish the job yet?
Another job well done by our Manager and Village Council.
I heard two women at the Midland Park post office this week complaining that both the underpass and Glen Ave. were undergoing construction/painting at the same time, making the east-west trip a horror. Some coordination would have been nice. Guess everybody assumes the end of August is “dead” so why not do our project then? But guess what–some of us are still here.
#3 – in doing business yesterday, I encountered 3 detours throughout the day. Between PSEG, paving, Garber & Glen, it’s been a banner summer for the RPD side jobs.
That’s excellent to hear, people working, things getting done, people making money, hopefully a sign of better times ahead, More cops on the road at contractors expense it a beautiful thing !
#5. It’s OUR MONEY not the contractor’s. Cop cars at either end of the work zone is part of the cost of the project and, I can assure you, is included in the contractor’s bid.
Negative # 6 the contractor may put the cost in the bid, but the cops are still on the road at the contractors expense. Often time the projects around town are not paid by prop tax dollars ie; PSEG, train station rehab, overpass rehab, The underpass project although poorly thought out was paid for with grant money.
#7. All of these funding sources ultimately come from taxpayers. Taxpayers pay for the contract. Grant money doesn’t grow on trees.
#8, I wish more people understood that grant money does not fall like manna from heaven, but from our wallets.
#7, that is what they want us to believe; however, only a small fraction of that idiotic project is covered by a grant–specifically for the bike lane, which will surely be painted out almost as fast as it is painted in (like the 8-foot median), after some sad and predictable accidents as well as countless near-accidents that nobody will hear about.
And the detours on Ridgewood Ave by the high school
Taxpayers yes but not necessarily property taxes.
Many projects are funded from use fee’s, although the taxpayer pays the tax the “tax ” is actually a fee because if you don’t use the service you don’t pay the fee: if you don’t drive on a toll road you don’t pay a fee whereas a taxpayer who drives on a toll road would have to pay. The railroad work is from use fee on the tix, if you don’t ride the railroad you don’t pay the fee. If PSEG didn’t use cops for traffic that savings would not get passed on to the customer the saving would be enjoyed by public service to increase their profit to loss ratio and ultimately increase the stock value. In the case of a publicly trade utility the company’s first loyalty is to the stock holder not the customer.
#12: And who subsidizes toll road construction to the tune of 90% for interstate highways? And who subsidizes railroads? I’m not claiming these aren’t good things, but let’s not forget where the lion’s share of the money comes from. It’s that big re-distribution machine called government.
It’s 10:50 p.m. on a Monday night and PSEG is jack hammering with loud trucks and bright lights blaring. Called the police, they are going to be jack hammering all night long. Not a happy camper.