The Hammonton Gazette 08/01/18 Edition | Page 5

Arawak Paving receives $1.4M in municipal contracts Page 4 • Wednesday, August 1, 2018 • The Hammonton Gazette COUNCIL, from Page 1 the contract (base and alternate bids totaling $597,600) to perform road- way improvements on a portion of Second road, extending from Chew road to 12th Street for which the New Jersey Department of transportation (NJDOt) has awarded the town $418,000 in mu- nicipal aid funding to finance. arawak was also awarded the contract (base and alternate bids totaling $836,700) to perform roadway improvements associated with the 2018 municipal road program, which will include improvements to portions of Grape Street, Ninth Street, Virginia avenue, Linda avenue, Holly Lane, Cypress Court, Poplar Street, Giordano Lane, Oakwood Drive, Boyer avenue, first road, all of Woodman avenue, a portion of Line Street, the intersection of Sindoni Lane and the White Horse Pike, the North third Street spur (near francis Street) and portions of Chestnut Street and Mill run Drive, according to Hammonton Public Works Manager/Business administrator Jerome Barberio. the awarding of the contract was made official in the form of a resolution (resolution No. 98- 2018) that was adopted during the meeting. the specifications of the Second road project were explained dur- ing the meeting by arH Senior Project Manager Mark Herrmann. according to Herrmann, the Sec- ond road improvement project is projected to begin shortly after Labor Day (Monday, September 3), and once the project begins, con- struction crews from arawak will repave the portion of the roadway spanning from 12th Street to Chew road, as well as the intersection of 10th Street and Second road. in addition to paving the road surface, Herrmann said arawak will make various drainage im- provements on Second road, such as adding inlets and cross drains, and replacing sections of outdated piping. Herrmann said arH is con- cerned about increased traffic con- gestion during the project duration because there will be times where sections of the road will have to be shut down. “We have every intention of working with everybody, making sure you have access. But there will be times during the project where we have to shut the road down completely, mainly when we’re doing the cross drains. We have to shut the road down; we can’t oper- ate with the road open while we’re doing that,” Herrmann said. in the event of a shutdown, Her- rma