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Council hears JCMUA capital-improvement consent and complaints about slow road restoration on utility projects
Summary
Staff presented a consent resolution allowing Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority to undertake sewer capital projects; council members pressed for clearer timelines and faster roadway restoration after utility work, citing Baldwin Avenue delays.
At a July caucus meeting, city staff presented a resolution consenting to sewer-system capital-improvement projects by the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority (JCMUA), a procedural requirement under the 1985 sewer-service contract. The presentation prompted council members to press agency staff about long delays in roadway restoration after utility work.
What was presented
A JCMUA representative explained the resolution is a formality to permit the authority to begin planned capital projects on the combined sewer and stormwater system; the presenter asked the council for its approval to proceed with the authority’s scheduled projects. The presenter said many projects, including emergency work and on-call contracts, are already underway and that the local…
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