Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07
PAVING ACTION
BY 8 AGENCIES
City, County and State Work.
ing Together to Improve
Road to Woodbridge
ACTION NEXT MONDAY
State Aid Will Not Affect Debt
Limit of City--To Hold
Inspection
ACTION NEXT MONDAY

NEW BRUNSWICK. April Z
From the sentiment expressed b.
the members of the Board of Free
holders and the committee from the
Perth An,boy Board of Aldermen
who met yesterday to discuss th'
repaving of Amboy avenue. indica'
ions are that an actual start viii
De made on the project in the yer,
near future.
Yesterdays session showed tha'
the city and county officials are II
accord on the subject and the feel
ing prevails that the State Highwa,
commission will also endorse the
movement and materially assist II
financing the work.
Chairnian George l.. Burton. o.
The State Highway Commission. wa:
expected to be present and give the
committee definite assurance as tt
ghat the state would do in the mat
ter but he failed to arrive until the
session adjourned shortly after !
o'clock.
Mr.. Burton, personally. is known
10 favor the new construction and II
il thought that his recommenda-
ions to the highway department VII
be concurred in by the other mem
bers.
Al inspection of the present road
way as well as the tentative change
a. suggested by City Engineer Lar
son will be looked into by the om-
cials OF the state. county ana CITY
81 o'clock Monday afternoon Sc
thar adecfsion may be reached an
the matter In time to be presented
to the aldermen at their meeting
Monday night.
Alderman at large Richard J. Gal.
vim. informed the freeholders ina!
sthe council expected to take the nrst
definite<sstep in the action at tns
next meeting when resolutions Will
he drawn requesting the freehoio-
ars to turn Amboy avenue back 70
the city so that they might avaii
themselves of the state AID IN cum
structing the new road.
The members of the freenoioers
are unanimous in approving the re-
quest and will be prepared 10 tahe
he necessary action at their meetlns
next Thursday. providing the appa-
cation of the city is formally pre-
sented. ;.,r Z,
Richardson in commenting on the
nroiect. asserted that the govern
ing bodies were practically agreed
that the most satisfactory pavemeh.
would be a seal type job extending
from curb to curb. a width OF forty
feet. en-
ancinr the work it is anticipates
that the state will pave a twenty
two foot strip at the center OF tne
roadway while the county ana city
will Jointly pay for the remainins
eighteen feet in equal proportions
should this plan be adopted
however. the state will be unable 10
nav for its portion until 1924 as an
road moneys available prior TO tnas
lime have been pledged for otner
construction. This would mean tnat
the city of Perth Amboy will pc
called on to advance the state
share. ....ad
Mr.. Richardson further stateo
that any additional bonding Tor tna.
purpose would in no wise aHect lle
city's bonding limit and would no.
interfere with any other pa.,ne
work that may be contemplated uh-
der the 1922 program. .he
strength OF an opinion rendered yes
ferday by Caldwell & Raymond, au-
fhorities on the bonding laws OF the
atate. -, ..,or
The freeholders look with favor
an the tentative plan of Mr.. Larson,
which. provides for the change IN
the road line as it will eiimlnar,1,
several grades and turns ana VII,
nrovide a much more satisfactory
lob at a cost not over $4,000 to 49,
600 more than If the present lines
are adhered to.
Poor drainage conditions are at
fributed as the cause OF the rapiu
wearing away Of the present suriace
and il is felt that the small addi-
fional sum required to change the
nresent line would be well spent IN
view of the fact that the total cost
Of the construction work IS estimateo
70 be from $130.000 to $l4o.ooo.
In discussing the new construc-
ton. the necessity OF proVioihs 9
suitable detour was not ovsriooheu
and II was practically decided that
IF the line of the road is changed the
horton now in use will be patched
up and kept in a passable conan
fion until such time as the new work
IS complete and opened up 10 traHc.
Anparently the only point now
holding up the project is the official
sanction Of the state and as soon as
that is obtained the three govern
ing bodies interested in the improve-
ment win be In position to push
the construction to early completioh.
Perth Amboy was represented py
Alderman-at-Large Calvin anu
4ldermen Albert J. Waters, Jonn
!. Clark and Thomas Patlen, ana
James Bergen. secretary OF the
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