February 12, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 9 Franklin Lakes Pulis Avenue repaving on hold until spring by Frank J. McMahon Franklin Lakes officials have advised motorists that, although a large portion of the paving on Pulis Avenue has been completed, the contractor has demobilized for the season. The remainder of Pulis Avenue will be paved in the spring when the weather permits. Pulis has been repaved from Susquehanna Avenue to the area near Shadow Lake, and from Chapel Road to west of Campgaw Road. A portion of the road that leads from the lake to an area west of Campgaw Road remains bumpy and is slated to be repaved. The borough cautioned motorists about the repaving of Pulis Avenue in December, stating that the repaving project was expected to cause traffic detours and delays for about a week. The project was expected to include the milling and paving of Pulis Avenue from Susquehanna Avenue in Franklin Lakes to Chapel Road in Mahwah. Detours were set up and motorists were told to allow extra time and use alternate routes to avoid traffic conges- tion and delays. A couple of snowstorms in the middle of December and the Christmas and New Year’s holidays prevented the con- tractor from finishing the repaving of the road. The bumpy ride has existed on Pulis Avenue since the beginning of the Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority’s sewer project for the borough’s business dis- trict in 2012. That sewer line is part of the sanitary sewer main in the downtown central business district, and that project includes a pumping station that will be constructed at the Franklin Crossing Shopping Center. 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 (continued on page 25) Auspicious beginning The Franklin Lakes Competition Cheer Team wrapped up its inaugural season in Atlantic City at the national competition Battle at the Boardwalk. This new Franklin Lakes Recreation Program team, which consists of 21 seventh and eighth graders, took third place in the Junior Rec Level 2 category.