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Residents press council on repaving, streetlights and traffic safety; officials point to 90‑day repave rule and JCP&L repair process
Summary
Public commenters raised repeated concerns about streets damaged by utility work, nonfunctioning streetlights and dangerous truck traffic; officials described a 90‑day settling requirement before final paving and urged residents to report outages to JCP&L and to document problem locations.
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Multiple residents used the March 25 public comment period to press the council on street conditions after utility and water‑department work, broken streetlights and safety issues on Route 37 and residential streets.
Tony Iverso said his Rico Avenue pavement — opened for water work — has a collapsing sink area and asked why the street had not been repaved. Officials and staff replied that township permits and the road‑opening rules generally give utility contractors a 90‑day settling period…
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