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Council presses administration on slow start to citywide paving program
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Council members pressed engineering and administration officials for specifics after a year of limited visible paving work; officials said state and federal approval processes, utility coordination and grant funding gaps have delayed some projects but citywide paving is slated to begin in July.
Council members at the Newark Municipal Council meeting on June 3 pressed city engineering and administration officials over what several called an unusually slow start to street paving this year, asking when citywide paving would begin and why previously approved projects had not been completed.
The issue surfaced during discussion of a change order related to street paving and pedestrian improvements. Councilman Ramos said, “this is the first year that since I’ve been around that I have seen very little to no paving activity,” and asked whether bid or approval problems were to blame. Several council members raised concerns about potholes and damage to residents’ cars while they waited for repairs.
Deputy director of engineering Dolores Martinez Woodland told the council the city is facing longer-than-expected approval timelines with the state Department of Transportation and coordination…
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