Midland Park March 17, 2010 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 7 Hill Street/Cyphers Lane drainage work ready to proceed Midland Park is ready to go to bid on drainage improvements to the Hill Street/Cyphers Lane area to alleviate flooding conditions, Borough Engineer Michael DeSena told the borough council last week. His engineering firm, Stantec Consulting, performed a hydraulic analysis of the existing system last spring and made recommendations for design changes. DeSena said that the new design does not include curbing along Hill Street East of Cyphers Lane, as the council had suggested, because the roadway is too narrow there. “People park half on the street, half on their lawn, and if we install curbing, it would impinge on that practice. It is too narrow for a defined street,” DeSena said. Noting that while the right-of-way is 35 feet, the roadbed is only 20 ft. wide, he added: “You’d have to make the street one way.” The engineer recommended instead that on that stretch of Hill Street, curbing be installed around the catch basins to funnel rainwater and protect the inlets. Full-height curbing is projected for the west side of Cyphers Lane from the East Payne Street cul-de-sac to the 90-degree turn on Hill Street. Stantec’s plans call for splitting the overtaxed drainage system in that area and creating two parallel systems, with control chambers in place for the overflow so that all rainwater does not collect in the pipes at the same time. The project is expected to cost about $175,000, DeSena estimated previously. Homes on Payne Avenue will remain connected to the original system on the western side of Cyphers Lane. The homes at the upper end of Chamberlain Place will be connected into new piping on the easterly side of Cyphers. Ultimately, the new pipe system will connect to the existing 24-inch pipe in Hill Street at the existing inlet located approximately 130 feet west of Cyphers Lane. From Hill Street, the 24-inch pipe continues south through drainage easements through East Center Street, continuing downstream to the Goffle Brook. The proposed system would include additional inlets and HDPE piping along Cyphers Lane northbound and the section of Hill Street east of Cyphers Lane. The flooding problems began after the East Chamberlain development was completed. When the former Dirk De Vries Nursery was developed in the early 1990s, the new residences were connected to the existing system on Payne Avenue. This overtaxed the infrastructure and led to the flooding. “The system was old and not able to carry the added volume. The residents have been suffering for years,” said Councilwoman Nancy Peet, whose home on Hill Street at the elbow was heavily affected. She said that manhole covers blow out under pressure and that yards, summer kitchens and basements in the area flood regularly. NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER IN CONTEMPORARY VARICOSE VEIN TREATMENT ������������������������������ ������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������� ������������������������� 265 Ackerman Ave. Ridgewood, NJ ����������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������� 201 791 9339 www.chubackveins.com ������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������ ����������������������� ��������������������������� ����������� ���������������������� ����������������� ��������� ����������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������ ������������������������������������������������������������������ ����������������������������������� Offer includes exam, dental cleaning and complete digital x-rays. Expires 3/21/2010. Offer cannot be combined Call to schedule your New Patient Exam and receive a $1.00 Take Home Whitening Kit. Expires 3/21/2010. Offer cannot be combined. ������������������������������� ����������������� ��������������������� www.mkdmd.com