Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • December 11, 2013 Area Local motorists should expect Pulis Avenue delays by Frank J. McMahon According to information released by the Borough of Franklin Lakes, the repaving of Pulis Avenue is expected to cause traffic detours and delays that will last throughout this week. The repaving project will be conducted between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day, weather permitting, and will include milling and paving of Pulis Avenue from Susquehanna Avenue in Franklin Lakes to Chapel Road in Mahwah. Detour routes will be clearly marked and the Franklin Lakes Police Department will be on hand to assist with the traffic, accord- ing to Franklin Lakes Borough Adminis- trator Gregory Hart, who issued the traffic alert to the community. Hart recommended that motorists allow extra time and use alternate routes to avoid traffic congestion and delays. Borough residents have complained about the bumpy ride that has existed on Pulis Avenue since the beginning of the sewer project in that area. The completion of that work was delayed due to the incorrect installation of a pipe that had to be removed and replaced at a deeper level to achieve a gravity feed to the sewer on Chapel Road in Mahwah. The current repaving project will elimi- nate the washboard effect on Pulis Avenue that has existed since the Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority began to install the new sewer line in 2012. That line is part of the sanitary sewer main in Franklin Lakes’ central busi- ness district and an interceptor line from the business district to the trunk line in Mahwah. A pumping station will be constructed at the Franklin Crossing Shopping Center and the gravity-fed sanitary sewer main will extend from that area under Route 287 and the railroad tracks east along Susquehanna Avenue to Pulis Avenue and then along Pulis Avenue ultimately to connect to the gravity sewer on Chapel Road. A force-fed sanitary sewer line has also been installed from Franklin Avenue along Susquehanna Avenue to Pulis Avenue to convey the borough’s flow to the NBCUA system. The sewage is treated at the author- ity’s plant in Waldwick. According to Keith Henderson, an engineer for the NBCUA, the majority of Franklin Lakes is currently served by indi- vidual septic systems and six wastewater treatment plants for large commercial or condominium properties and the Franklin Avenue Middle School. Henderson said the sanitary sewer line will improve the groundwater quality in the business district and will allow the Frank- lin Crossing, Franklin Square, and Franklin Lakes shopping centers, the Horizon and Mountain Shadows housing complexes, and the Franklin Avenue Middle School to abandon their private package treatment plants and eliminate some individual septic systems. He also pointed out that the sewer line will allow for modernization and expansion of the businesses in the borough’s business district.