October 8, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 3 Franklin Lakes Borough planning to pave Huron Road in spring by Frank J. McMahon The Franklin Lakes Borough Council has decided to wait until the spring of 2015 to repave half of Huron Road, starting at Franklin Lake Road. Funding will include a $149,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation Local Aid and Economic Development, which utilizes the state’s Trans- portation Trust Fund. TTF is a state assistance program provided to local governments for road, bridge, and other transportation projects. In July, the council adopted a $280,000 bond ordinance that will appropriate the funds to cover the improvement of a portion of Huron Road, although the borough will be reimbursed $149,000 for that project. The borough has also approved an application for another NJDOT grant to help cover the cost of repaving the second half of that roadway. Huron Road extends from High Mountain Road west of the Urban Farms Shopping Center traffic circle to Franklin Lake Road east of that traffic circle. Borough Engineer Eileen Boland advised that Huron Road is a good candidate for state aid because it connects two county roadways. She also advised that the last time this road was paved was in the 1990s when the borough received its first grant from the NJDOT. Other borough roadways that have received local aid from the NJDOT, according to Boland, are Summit Avenue, between High Mountain Road and Colonial Road; McCoy Road; and Old Mill Road. During a recent borough council work session, Boland advised the council that she did not think the borough would get a competitive bid to repave half of Huron Road at this time because the paving contractors are very busy now. She said she would need the authorization to seek bids for this project right away in order to obtain the bids and complete the project this fall. She recommended that the council wait until the spring when prices might be better. “We may not get a competitive bid now,” Boland said, “so it might be better in the spring.” Boland said the paving of Huron Road is not a difficult project, but it is separate from the borough’s annual road paving project and it would be bid “as weather permits.” Mayor Frank Bivona and the council agreed that there is no need to repave the road now, and it would be better to wait for the spring and obtain lower bids. Boland had previously advised the council that North Haledon will not be repaving its section of Reservoir Drive this year because the borough does not have the funds to do so. Based on that information, the council decided to defer repaving the borough’s portion of Res- ervoir Drive until next year, although the council agreed to repave its part of the road next year even if North Hale- don decides not to repave its section of that road at that time. The borough’s 2014 road program, which is funded by the borough, included the milling and paving the follow- ing streets: Apple Ridge Road, Connie Avenue, Creole Lane, Hemlock Court, Juniper Place, Knollwood Road, Old Wagon Road, Shady Pond Path, Smoke Hollow Lane, and Valley View Road. Some patching was also done on Haven Road, Lawlins Road, and Mountain Avenue.