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Ridgewood NJ, on December 19, 2024, the Citizen Safety Advisory Committee convened to discuss several safety improvements for the Schedler area. Here’s a summary of the key points that could significantly impact the community.
Rumble Strips Installation Near Route 17 Off-Ramp
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has approved the installation of rumble strips by the Route 17 off-ramp near Schedler. These strips, along with a painted lane warning, aim to alert drivers to speed limit changes and encourage safer driving.
However, there’s a trade-off: rumble strips may increase noise levels. Residents of West Saddle River Road near Schedler, Kingsbridge, and Terhune are encouraged to weigh in on this proposal, as their input is crucial for moving forward. Thanks to the Ridgewood Police for securing this option!
Additional Speed Limit Signs
Two new speed limit signs will be installed on WSR to enhance visibility and awareness. The Signal Division is working to implement these changes soon.
Speed Radar Feedback Sign
A speed radar feedback sign is scheduled to arrive in the spring. This technology not only reminds drivers of their speed but can also be programmed by police to reinforce safety messages when traffic is rerouted from Route 17N.
New Bus Stop Signs Installed
Two new bus stop signs have been installed, addressing an action item from the November meeting. This is a step forward in ensuring better transportation infrastructure for the community.
Community Engagement Encouraged
Residents are urged to stay involved and voice their opinions, particularly on the rumble strip proposal. Collective feedback will help shape decisions that balance safety with quality of life.
Stay tuned for more updates as these initiatives progress, and thank you to the Citizen Safety Advisory Committee for driving these safety improvements.
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Thank you Councilwoman Lorraine Reynolds. No one, I repeat NO ONE, else on the Village Council gives a damn about our neighborhood.
With the NJ DEP on the case, remediation, massive clean-up bills, and civil lawsuits looming, and SHPO ensuring the YMCA historian and the stooges can’t go Sopranos on the site…
I would wager the deafening Schedler silence from the PFAS council will continue.
Simply put: Paulie and his dingbats got greasy, they got greedy, and then they got punked by a well-organized and motivated neighborhood opposition they never saw coming. Checkmate.
The next council will restore the 2018 plan and sanity will prevail.
Nice pic…looks like Sarajevo circa 1994.
Citizen, safety committee, ok maybe they should get involved with all the employees that worked at that location. We still don’t know if anyone was contaminated . supposedly no one reached out to the employees to have them tested. If so, where is that documented? And we’re not talking about verbally, we’re talking about a stated document letter. I think the village thinks this is just going to disappear obviously not it’s going to drag right into 2025 when will they do the right thing?
Relax, you’re like a broken record. Those who worked there KNOW they worked there. It’s their business, not yours. Chill a bit.
It’s amazing that we’re going into 2025 and this is still dragging on for the past six months. Wow, what an insult.
Residents told the council about children hit by cars on West Saddle and nothing was done. A car drove into the house across from the Schedler property, what more will it take before anyone realizes this is a dangerous thoroughfare?
Infuriating.
Paging John … paging John … got some more to add to your list.
A dangerous location for a sports park. Rumble strips, bus stop signs, new speed signage, radar installation, and all due to SPEED!!! Imagine? A disaster waiting to happen right before your very eyes, and they continue to press on. SMH
The neighbors in Ho-Ho-Kus (the town border sits about 0.33 miles away in the middle of Race Track Road) would have born the brunt of that west-bound Village of Ridgewood traffic on West Saddle and Hollywood.
Hypothetically of course, because the Vagianos Sports Complex is DOA and everybody knows it.
They must be fascinated with Greaseball Paul and his collection of bored soccer bunnies and napleonic dads…especially as we enter year #16 of VOR ownership and there’s nothing coming on that site but a remediation bill the town can’t afford and another B-Slap rom SHPO.
Too funny!
That is true cars come more forward 17 very fast maybe they should install speed humps like they did on Broad Street. They seem to be helping. What about when you have debris flying off trucks what is going to stop that from blowing onto that property and what is going to happen if they have to remove the contaminated soil berm. Are they going to replace it with clean dirt put up a wall? What is the plan because let me tell you if a tire comes off a truck or a car and starts bouncing it will bounce right over the guard rail, and it just may bounce over that dirt pile. They should really install some kind of high metal fencing . We believe that metal debris blew off a truck and cracked a windshield on a front end loader that was being used by the D P W when they were grading that property. we believe that occurred sometime in 2020, the police have an accident report .and I’m sure fleet services have a date and report because they had to replace the windshield on a front end loader which is very expensive.
I could see it now they’ll be some kind of safety indicating lights being installed at some point down the road it’s gonna be dangerous. Kids crossing not looking so on so on.
A dangerous location for a sports park. Rumble strips, bus stop signs, new speed signage, radar installation, and all due to SPEED!!! Imagine? A disaster waiting to happen right before your very eyes, and they continue to press on. SMH
Nah, it’ll be fine. These things don’t happen here.
The individual who put thumbs down on the comment up top, they must be in management, typical thinking probably from Mr. know at all. Right mustache boy. That’s something he would do. What a big arrogant individual.
That’s not fair.
The esteemed VOR Engineer did an “eye-check” of traffic on the road once.
He said it looked fine.
Good enough for me!