Curbs, sidewalks, roadway all scheduled to be replaced in 2013.
Thanks to a state transit grant, Fort Lee's Whiteman Street is scheduled to receive a major renovation. Curbs, sidewalks, handicap ramps and roadway along Whiteman are scheduled to be replaced, according to Borough Administrator Peggy Thomas. The $149,000 grant is funded entirely by the NJ Department Of Transportation. Should the overall costs exceed the grant allocation, the governing body will review the project's status, Thomas said. Whiteman Street is one of more than 40 DOT-sponsored projects expected to get off the ground in Bergen County this year, totalling $6.8 million. “These grants enable municipalities to stretch their resources and advance important roadway projects and other safety and quality-of-life improvements that …
Police charged a 52-year-old man with DWI, after he allegedly crashed into a telephone pole on Lemoine Avenue late Tuesday night. Lemoine was closed between Main and Whiteman Streets until about 4 p.m. Wednesday.
An Englewood Cliffs man was charged with drunk driving after allegedly crashing into a telephone pole late Tuesday night and bringing down live wires across Lemoine Avenue at Hoym Street in Fort Lee, police said. Lemoine remained closed between Main Street and Whiteman Street Wednesday morning, snarling rush hour traffic in the borough, and police said the section of road wasn’t expected to reopen until late afternoon or early evening. Fort Lee police were detouring traffic at intersections leading to the scene Wednesday morning, and PSE&G crews were working at the scene near Whiteman Plaza, where wires remained on the ground across the entire roadway. Palisades Avenue was open leading to the George Washington Bridge, but traffic was …
JohnJay
11:00 am on Sunday, May 19, 2013
OH NO ! REMEMBER When Bergen County, Paid a contractor $$$$$$ Millions of TAX PAYER DOLLARS TO DO THE SAME, SOME WORK IN FORT LEE on sidewalks walkways and HANDICAP RAMPS ? EXCEPT THE RAMPS HAD A TELEPHONE POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT OR A 4'' LIP CURB ? [NOT TO HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE ] Then they Paid another Engineer Firm $64,000 to decide if the first contractor should in fact redo the work to the … more ›