Woodbine Seeks Funds for Street Upgrades

WOODBINE – The Borough of Woodbine has applied to the New Jersey Department of Transportation Municipal Aid program for funding totaling over $700,000, according to Mayor William Pikolycky.
The first application, for $ 324,994, is for the reconstruction/resurfacing of Clay Street between Heilprin Avenue and Monroe Avenue and for Madison Avenue between Webster Street and Clay Street.
These roads are deteriorated and need improvement including the rehabilitation of the stormwater inlets which are failing and collapsing.
The second application, for $239,313, is for the Reconstruction of DeHirsch Avenue from Monroe Avenue to Heilprin Avenue. This project would be a continuation of previously funded work on DeHirsch Avenue.
This road is in a deteriorated condition and needs improvement including installation of stormwater facilities to correct recurring flooding problems.
The third application, for $199,594, is for is for the extension of the Woodbine Bikeway System which would continue to traverse through the Open Space recreational area and environmental educational park as well as to the community school site which includes a branch of the Cape May County Library. From there it will continue to the intersection of Heilprin and Sumner.
This bikeway extension is part of an overall plan to interconnect publically-owned sites within the borough to New Jersey’s High Point-to-Cape May bikeway system.
It also connects to the Belleplain State Forest Trail system and is part of the planned county-wide bikeways system that will eventually extend to the Cape May County Zoo.
“In continuing maintaining our infrastructure and in particular our roadways, these funds will provide necessary improvements to these facilities while avoiding any financial impact on our local taxpayers,” continued Pikolycky.