BOROUGH RECEIVES $460,000 GRANT FOR RIDGE ROAD STREETSCAPE PROJECT.
North Arlington, NJ, May 14, 2010– The borough has received a $460,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the Phase 3 of the Ridge Road streetscape improvement, announced council president Richard Hughes.
The grant originated with money the state received under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The next phase of the Ridge Road project will extend from Harding Avenue to Hendel Avenue. Included in the scope of work are new sidewalks, Belgium block curbing, installation of Victorian-era decorative lighting, resin benches, decorative trash receptacles and brick paving between the curb and the sidewalk.
Councilman Joseph Bianchisaid the grant comes at a good time fort the community. “The goal of the administration is to invest in upgrading the community and propping up property values and if we can do that at no cost to local taxpayers it’s a home run,” said Bianchi, Hughes said the borough could award the contract for the streetscape work as early as this week. “We want to get this project moving as soon as possible and continue the beautification of Ridge Road,” said Hughes.
The councilman said the work could start as early as mid-to-late June and should take a little more than a month to complete.
