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Twp of Washington NJ, Mayor Peter Calamari of Washington Township, fills in residents on the new EMS building and the construction on Pascack and Washington Avenue .
“With lots of buzz around town about both of these topics I’d like to share some recent updates with residents.
In discussing with the Fire and Ambulance Departments, it was decided we would have a “Grand Opening” in the Fall after the “old” Firehouse is demolished in order to allow more parking at the site, and provide both departments plenty of time to get settled into the new building.
The EMS building is mostly complete at this point. We will be inspecting it next week and creating a punch list of items for the contractor to review and complete as required.
Pascack / Washington INTERSECTION CONSTRUCTION DETAILS:
The intersection project primarily involves widening the existing roadway and adding additional traffic lanes.
The majority of the work will take place behind the existing curb line thereby necessitating minimal disruptions to the existing roadway and traffic patterns during the construction.
When the majority of that work is completed, the existing curbs/curb lines will be removed and the new lanes and traffic patterns will be incorporated into the existing roadway with signage, signals and stripping.
The primary disruption will be the drainage portion of the project which will go across Washington Avenue between Pascack Road and Meisten Street.
There should be prior notice by the contractor with regard to that portion and the Police Department will make efforts to disseminate that information via signage at the scene and social media/website.
Any necessary detours will be created on a day-to-day basis based on the contractor’s needs for that day.
The existing traffic pattern will be restored at the end of each day’s construction.
The Police Department will make efforts to disseminate information received from the contractor regarding required detours or road closures via signage and social media/website as soon as it is provided.
Another exciting addition to the fire department is the arrival of the new ladder truck today. After radio’s and other items are installed, and training has been completed, it will be put into service!
As always, I encourage residents to educate themselves about on-going projects in town by attending council meetings and subscribing to our social media and email list… and continue to utilize our resident request form to answers to your questions…