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Work to be Completed on Bloomfield Avenue

posted: Monday, August 10, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Dr. Joseph P. Scarpelli
Director of Public Works
Office #: (973) 284-4959
Fax #: (973) 284-4995
commissionerscarpelli@nutleynj.org
Commissioner of Public Works Dr. Joseph Scarpelli announced that the reconstruction of Bloomfield Avenue between High Street and Kingsland Street will be completed by the end of the summer.

“Residents have noticed preliminary work on the curbs, sidewalks, catch basins, along with bicycle-safe grates and ADA accessible curb ramps,” stated the first term commissioner. “Efforts have been made to keep disruption of traffic to a minimum, but with any road improvement some inconvenience is unavoidable.”

The work will be in cooperation with the County of Essex who will be installing an upgraded traffic signal on the High Street and Bloomfield Avenue intersection. Hoffman La-Roche will be reconfiguring their Main Entrance, while the County will also be constructing a new traffic signal at the Bloomfield Avenue and Kingsland Street intersection.

"This has been a high traffic volume area for a very long time. The reconstruction of the north end of Bloomfield Avenue and the re-alignment of the Hoffman La-Roche entrance will improve both vehicular and pedestrian safety”, noted Scarpelli. "This is a perfect example of the State, County, Township of Nutley, and the private sector working cooperatively together, sharing resources, and taking advantage of the economies of scale for the betterment of the entire community."

Assemblyman Fred Scalera was instrumental in ensuring that Nutley received funding through the Department of Transportation grant. The final milling and resurfacing should be completed by the end of August.

"I would like to publicly thank Assemblyman Scalera for his assistance in obtaining the DOT grant. As always he works extremely hard to make sure we receive our fair share from Trenton for this and other much needed town projects,” said Scarpelli. “One of my goals is to pave and restore as many streets as possible, as our infrastructure continues to age. By utilizing grant monies we are saving our residents local property tax-dollars, while increasing traffic safety and updating our roads.”