The Hammonton Gazette 04/12/17 Edition | Page 4

Drainage issues discussed at PWTC/WSC meeting Wednesday, April 12, 2017 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3 PWTC, from Page 1 town fills in the potholes, the water will no longer drain into the lot, but into the parking lot of the adjacent property, Nino’s Pizzarama. robert Vettese, of town engi- neering firm adams, rehmann and Heggan (arH) associates, said he recently spoke with richard Brig- andi, of the New Jersey Depart- ment of transportation (NJDOt), who told Vettese he will have the lot looked at and get back to him. in the meantime, Brigandi made a recommendation to place dense graded asphalt (DGa) millings to fix the potholes. However, the town cannot go on to the property and address the potholes outright. Barberio said the town’s course of action is to notice the property owner, telling them the lot needs to be repaired, and if they do not re- spond within a certain amount of call an advisor who will truly listen Ensure you’re making the best financial decisions for yourself and your loved ones. Call to arrange your complimentary consultation with Ben today. Financial Planning, Portfolio & Investment Management Business Retirement & Banking Services time or do not want to the maintain the property, the town can then move in and begin working on it. Mayor Stephen DiDonato rec- ommended that the committees re- main focused on only working on the legal right of way areas and just monitor the situation closely going forward. “i say we take care of what’s in the right of way of the state—ei- ther us or the state—and then we monitor the situation,” DiDonato said. the committees also discussed a drainage issue on Grand Street that is causing a storm drain “bubble- up” near one of the street’s new houses, located at 363 Grand St. according to town municipal util- ities superintendent anthony De- Cicco, the issue was dealt with about “a year-and-a-half and two years ago,” but there is an ongoing storm water drainage issue that is causing bubbled-up water near the drain to run through the backyards of two property owners, the owner of the property with the bubble-up and an adjacent property owner who has been dealing with flood- ing that has affected grapevines planted in their yard. Barberio said DeCicco would likely have to remove the bubble- up—which is causing erosion— connect piping and bring it to an alternate location to bubble up so the yards of property owners are DiMeglio Septic , Est. 1975 ~ DEP 03261 ~ Paul DiMeglio not being affected. DiDonato recommended to the committees that the site first be looked at in order to find the opti- mal location for the bubble-up to be re-located and that hopefully they will find a spot where gravity can do the work and move the drainage to a safer location. “We’re just changing the loca- tion of the bubble-up … Let’s check it out, see how far we have to go. Let’s go to the minimum we have to go with another bubble-up, then maybe gravity will take the way in a safer spot to dispose of it,” DiDonato said. in other draina