WOODBINE – Mayor William Pikolycky is pleased to announce that the Borough of Woodbine has advertised for bids for two construction projects, totaling nearly $1 million, with the bid openings scheduled for Nov. 29.
The first project, with a bid opening scheduled for 11 a.m., is for the Woodbine TownCenter Streetscape and Pedestrian Safety Project (Streetscape Phase IV).
This project will include various streetscape improvements, including curb, sidewalk, pavers, masonry wall, benches, landscaping, bike racks, decorative street lighting, trash receptacles, and assorted electrical work.
This project is being funded by a TEA-21 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation in the amount of $450,000.
The second project, with a bid opening scheduled for 11:30 a.m., is for Town Center Revitalization, Phase V, streetscape and related amenities.
This project is being funded by a $500,000 Centers of Place grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
Three previous phases of the streetscape initiative are complete. Phase IV includes infrastructure streetscape improvements south of Webster Avenue along Washington Avenue, Tyler Street and Sumner Avenue, the most southerly end of the Town Center, upgrading of a municipal parking facility to serve the Town Center at the intersection of Franklin and Adams, reconstruction of the of the existing masonry wall at the Historic FireHouse, construction of a matching wall at Borough Hall, benches and additional landscaping.
Phase V includes additional streetscape improvements from Franklin Street to Bryant Street, the northern terminus of the Town Center. This phase is designed to complete all improvements to this northern half of this residential/commercial district with the installation of decorative street lighting, landscaping, and additional crosswalks and handicapped ramps.
“This total project to date is funded for approximately $2.5 million. Rather than phase the Town Center streetscape project by totally completing one or two blocks at a time, Woodbine has made improvements throughout the Washington Street area one element at a time, starting with curbing, sidewalks, driveway aprons and handicapped curb cuts. This was followed with similar improvements to DeHirsch and Adams Avenues and Franklin Street that also included crosswalks. Recently completed improvements were pedestrian safety crosswalks and intersections on Washington Avenue, which resulted in traffic calming, a major component of this initiative” added Mayor Pikolycky.
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