Town: Valley Ave., Broadway road work beginning June 27
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
VALLEY, from Page 1
May 2 council meeting appropriated $3,500,000 for the project.
all of the funds were included in
the 2016 budget. the project was
awarded to Mathis Construction
Co. on april 27 for a total cost of
$2,579,954. New Jersey environmental infrastructure trust
(NJeit) is providing the financing, officials said.
Work is set to begin on June 27
and is scheduled to take 150 calendar days, making the tentative
end date the week of thanksgiving. Notices of construction and
road closings will be sent to local
residents prior to the project beginning. Work will take place
Monday through friday during
the hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
there will be two message boards
posted near the project that will
alert drivers that roads will be
closed at certain times. Local police will be used to direct traffic as
necessary.
Bi-weekly meetings will take
place between Chris Mathis,
owner of Mathis Construction Co.
and representatives from adams,
rehmann and Heggan associates
(arH), the town’s engineering
company. arH’s Mark Herman
will serve as the lead project man-
‘Farmers Workshop’
held at town hall
by Anne Sparaco
Gazette CONtriBUtiNG Writer
HaMMONtON—the South
Jersey Land and Water trust held
its annual “farmer’s Workshop” in
Hammonton town Hall on June 6
to inform local farmers from many
counties how they can conserve
water and natural resources, help
preserve natural lands and, eventually, save money through various
farming systems.
the New Jersey audubon presented ideas on funding for farmland soil and water conservation.
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ager. Herman said that ron
reeves will serve as the inspector
on site throughout the length of
the job. also on site will be Jon
Helbig, who will serve as the environmental inspector. Since the
work will stretch into the 20162017 school year, a meeting with
representatives from the Hammonton School District is scheduled to take place sometime in
august to discuss any possible
changes in the busing situation
due to road closings.
partment of agriculture and Nick
Saumweber also presented about
irrigation efficiency, water conservation practices and financial assistance.
“We have a lot of different programs in South Jersey that we do
other than the farmland space
preservation … we are a small organization that does very big
things. the farmer’s Workshop is
a small part of what we do” Mica
McCullough, communications coordinator of the South Jersey Land
and Water trust, said.
the Stewardship Project Director of NJ audubon, Jean Lynch,
presented primarily on soil and
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atlantic County engineer’s Office representative tom Duran
spoke about the repaving of
county roads (Broadway) following the completion of the project.
“Since you’re talking about the
duration and stops, when you finally come back to pave it, the criteria for anything over six feet
deep is a minimum of three
months before you can repave.
Your schedule sounds fine, but
what we have found is that unless
there’s some kind of ride-ability
problem, which can be maintained, we prefer that you go as
long as reasonable before
repaving,” Duran said.
also in attendance was Dan
zeppenfeld, who works as the Supervising engineer at the New
Jersey Department of environmental Protection (NJDeP). zeppenfeld reviewed the codes that
the town and Mathis must follow
throughout the project in order to
be in compliance with the
NJDeP’s rules. zeppenfeld will
perform periodic site inspections
on his own time and a formal inspection every three months.
Mayor Stephen DiDonato expressed the need for all parties involved to remain in contact and do
their best to abide by a 48-hour
time window when responding to
any questions or concerns that
may arise during the construction.
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