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Ridgewood NJ ,Village of Ridgewood Mayor Ramon M Hache said on Facebook.”Just an update on the NJDOT plan to change Glenwood Road to a one way street at the bottom of the hill leading into Ho-Ho-Kus. I have personally reached out to Gov. Murphy’s office to seek his support in pushing back on the NJDOT plan. Not only do I disagree with their plan, the NJDOT did not properly inform the Village and have failed to exhaust all available and logical options. Furthermore, I believe the NJDOT failed to provide adequate justification for their plan while not properly considering the impact of such plan on our residents. I would like for the Village Council to explore our available legal options which is why I have placed this on Closed Session for Wednesday night.”
Yes that’s a must please get it done mayor.
That road with me for some buggies hundred years ago.
I wonder if Ridgewood Mayor Ramon M Hache would be so indignant about this issue if it wasn’t an election year? Running for office certainly brings out another side of people, doesn’t it?
Remember folks, the State DOT’s initial plan was to close the road completely. They did us a favor by agreeing to keep it open in one direction. Now the mayor says we’re gonna sue the bastards. What do you think the State’s reaction to a lawsuit will be? Bye bye Glenwood Road crossing!
Give it a rest Ramon. You knew this was going to happen. Who are you trying to play Mr. Big Shot for?
I guess the mayor didn’t get the memo. HoHoKus knew back in May this was going to happen.
Jeez. Asleep at the switch in the mayor’s office. No proper notice given? Are you serious Mr. Hache?
more flailing …
Good luck mayor. Go after the railroad. Your a dreamer .
I suspect that Ramon will have as much luck fighting NJDOT about the one way road as Paul Aronsohn did fighting PSE&G about the tall utility poles. In short, no luck at all. Just a big legal show at the expense of taxpayers.
Seriously?? He’s going to fight on that issue when he and the rest of the current council refused to side with the Villagers who sued to stop the slums from being built downtown?
Big donors on that side of town . Right Mayor?
It’s all bullshit, the village will never overpower the railroad. Hey Mayor stop warring about this it’s out of your hands start worrying about the bus station uptown and the CBD. The place is a shit hole fix that place up now do your job. Why don’t you and your Your council crew take a walk over into the bus station and see how filthy it is smells like a dirty urinal import 30 in New York come on. There should be cameras in that building. Then you’ll know who’s pissing and shitting right on the walls disgusting. This is been going on for so many years now. As a Daily commuter. Maybe we should call Bergen County Health Department or the state health department and put it on channel 12 news that would be Embarrassing
There is a public park of monuments play areas across the Street ..build a dam 3 season bathroom kiosk over their on the bus station side of the park..run the pipes into the street sewers..if more than one block the drunks will
define the bus leantoo ..
make NJT PAY PART OR GET COUNTY INVOLVED ON FUNDING
Yes let’s do it.Come on Mr. Mayor
There is no reason to make it one way. Its worked fine for a 100 years. the only problem is the New yorkers who move here and cant drive worth a shit in their big SUVs. And the losers at the state did their traffic surveys when the road was overwhelmed with traffic when THEY wouldnt allow PSEG to dig under the trestle on glen ave to do the gas pipe upgrade. thats the only time it was full of truck traffic
Once again, reward the idiots (those who can’t drive) and punish the competent (those who can drive) .
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Just another manifestation of the “everybody gets a trophy” mentality.
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so is it one way into RW (uphill) or out of RW (downhill)?
Time to make a change on that road.
Some random musings…
What’s the rationale behind closing this road? Too many auto accidents? Too many vehiclular deaths? Too many pedestrian injuries? Too expensive to maintain? Too many stuck trucks? Who benefits from the closing? Remember, It’s ALWAYS all about the money. Figure out who’s making more money or who’s spending less if the road’s been closed, and you’ll know why it happens.
How many vehicles successfully navigate this road every day? And how many vehicle-miles are saved, how much time is saved, and how many accidents don’t happen because a driver went this way instead of another, longer, more trafficked way. In this “let’s save the whales from choking on plastic bags” world these considerations really should count for something.
Now, just for fun, let’s review some previous comments:
All those who have posted ad hominem attacks should spend a week in the Mayor’s shoes. Same goes for all those who conflate issues… all of them are Monday-morning NIMBY quarterbacks with no spine when the fight needs to be fought, but plenty to say after the final score is posted. Either say or do something constructive when it counts or forever hold your peace.
As to “The state did us a favor…” Hmmm… no doubt posted by a Millennial – this is their typical perspective that puts the cart in front of the horse – they never learned in school that the State is supposed to serve the People, not the other way around! So if the People want a Road to Nowhere, the State should make it happen, not come up with a dozen studies as to why it isn’t feasible.
Commenters #’s 15 and 16 nail it – the road is fine! But it’s the drivers with their HumVees that are @ssh@les- if you can’t fit your 10 foot wide vehicle into a 9 foot wide lane, don’t go there! But because of these fools, the 98% of the drivers who do use that road get shut out. Again, the cart before the horse…
You go, Mr. Mayor!
Some random musings…
What’s the rationale behind closing this road? Too many auto accidents? Too many vehiclular deaths? Too many pedestrian injuries? Too expensive to maintain? Too many stuck trucks? Who benefits from the closing? Remember, It’s ALWAYS all about the money. Figure out who’s making more money or who’s spending less if the road’s been closed, and you’ll know why it happens.
How many vehicles successfully navigate this road every day? And how many vehicle-miles are saved, how much time is saved, and how many accidents don’t happen because a driver went this way instead of another, longer, more trafficked way. In this “let’s save the whales from choking on plastic bags” world these considerations really should count for something.
Now, just for fun, let’s review some previous comments:
All those who have posted ad hominem attacks should spend a week in the Mayor’s shoes. Same goes for all those who conflate issues… all of them are Monday-morning NIMBY quarterbacks with no spine when the fight needs to be fought, but plenty to say after the final score is posted. Either say or do something constructive when it counts or forever hold your peace.
As to “The state did us a favor…” Hmmm… no doubt posted by a Millennial – this is their typical perspective that puts the cart in front of the horse – they never learned in school that the State is supposed to serve the People, not the other way around! So if the People want a Road to Nowhere, the State should make it happen, not come up with a dozen studies as to why it isn’t feasible.
Commenters #’s 15 and 16 nail it – the road is fine! But it’s the drivers with their HumVees that are @ssh@les- if you can’t fit your 10 foot wide vehicle into a 9 foot wide lane, don’t go there! But because of these fools, the 98% of the drivers who do use that road get shut out. Again, the cart before the horse…
You go, Mr. Mayor!
It definitely at least need to be a one-way street. That would make it safer. And then absolutely no commercial vehicles. It’s amazing how many stupid commercial drivers are trying to go up or down it are you that dumb. Even if you’re following GPS open your eyes stupid. That road wasn’t meant to be A mess crossway. It was meant for horse and buggy‘s only. I would love to know the number of Village residents utilizing Hohokus train station. Remember commuters it is another town it’s not Ridgewood Ridgewood does not control all the towns so stop your whining. Worse comes to worse you will have to drive your hubby to the Village of Ridgewood train station oh yes.
I drive up and down this road every morning as I take my kid to school. It is fine. I have done it for years and never had a problem. It is a big time saving shortcut. It mostly serves upper RW, HHK sees no benefit from using it. I have never heard of anyone head on collisions, people getting hit etc. Drivers respect each other most of the time. If the problem is with commercial drivers then just put a huge sign that says “No commercial driving. Fine $500. ” and that’s that. And police can also survey the area more often for violators. Closing either direction is just stupid. It fixes NOTHING and only creates problems. Those who can’t use the road anymore will fly down Maple to compensate for the time lost by nor being able to use the shortcut. Knuckleheads will be knuckleheads no matter how much you try to control them.
@Felipe. Majority of HHK station parking lot is used by RW residents.
Listen you lazy people that live in a bubble. Leave your house a few minutes early and drive around the block you can’t do that please. Shut the damn road down for three days and give it a try. Keep it open to pedestrians only in emergency vehicles.
The biggest problem is that WAZE and other GPS type systems directs traffic to use this route.
If the logic for closing the road or making it one-way is to reduce the risk of accidents from oversized vehicles, then how about actually first making clear to drivers that this is a road for passenger vehicles only? I encourage you all to look at the signage at the top and bottom of Glenwood. You’ll see they’re all about as clear as a NYC parking sign. Moronic wording that nobody would read or decipher when turning onto the road. Who actually came up with these signs? Clowns?
Proper and clear signage – no words, pictures only – will dramatically cut down on any confused drivers from out of town. This should be the first step in addressing whatever concerns actually drive this issue.
The only other factor possibly behind the drive to make this a one-way road is the very clear anxiety among some of our collective neighbors about how to navigate their Yukon XLs down the twisty road with oncoming traffic. Wouldn’t it be easier for those drivers to simply take another route than to force this change on the rest of us?