CREST HAVEN – The county agreed to submit an application to the state Department of Environmental Protection to be included in a project to create dunes along Delaware Bay in Green Creek. By unanimous agreement Oct. 28, freeholders hope to “reestablish a healthy sustainable bay dune environment,” according to the resolution.
The project cost of $262,555 would include a local contribution of $62,555 with $200,000 coming from the DEP. That agency received $3.44 million from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation under the Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program to build ecological solutions to coastal community hazards.
Seek Bike Lane Grant
At the same meeting, the board approved application to the state Department of Transportation Local Aid Bikeways Program to improve the Seashore Road and Ferry Road and to install bike lanes south from that intersection to Cape May Canal Bridge.
The resolution noted that grant funding is provided for bicycle facilities and networks during the present economic conditions that many county and local governments experience, when few financial resources are available to address those needs.
It also restated the county’s desire to “work with partners to expand the bicycle network throughout our region to promote alternative transportation opportunities.”
Any funds received “will only be used for the construction of the proposed bikeway project” the document states.
Freeholders also:
• Designated Nov. 15 as the county’s Community Disabilities Awareness Day. On that day in Avalon, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the elementary school, activities and workshops are planned for those with disabilities or those who care for them.
• Authorized an agreement with South Jersey Economic Development District, along with other counties, to repay grant funds from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. Atlantic, Salem and Cumberland counties are part of the district.
• Accepted the proposal of Stantec Consulting Services Inc. for $23,445 for professional traffic engineering services as part of the Rio Grande Avenue and Susquehanna Avenue project.
• Appointed Jeffrey DeVico to the county Pollution Control Financing Authority. Term expires Feb. 1, 2019.
• Approved a $24,294 change order with Aliano Brothers General Contractors, Inc. for Wildwood Crest Library renovations. The change provides for installation and painting of GRC covers over two steel columns in the children’s room and installing acoustic screen wall around two sides of the roof level mechanical equipment.
• Agreed with Daniel P. Donovan for $1,000 to appraise the Theresa Bauer property in Upper Township under the Farmland Preservation Program. Included is 3023 Route 9, Ocean View, Block 559, Lots 36.01 and 37, which total 31.19 acres.
• Accepted proposal of Hatch Mott MacDonald for $111,128 for engineering services for resurfacing of Woodbine-Ocean View Road (CR 550) and Webster Avenue (CR 638).
• Extended until Dec. 10 the contract with Smeltzer & Sons for zoo animals’ feed. Present contract, from October 2011 provided for two optional one-year extensions.
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