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Passaic council approves design and inspection work for Benson/Howard Avenue drainage and tennis-court improvements
Summary
Council members approved routine resolutions that include funding and design/inspection work for a drainage project at the Howard Avenue tennis courts and Benson Avenue area intended to reduce chronic flooding; staff said the work is part of a larger, multi-phase hazard-mitigation effort coordinated with FEMA and county partners.
The Passaic City Council on Dec. 6 approved a package of routine resolutions that included contracting for design and construction inspection services for drainage improvements at the Howard Avenue tennis courts and the Benson Avenue area, projects the city said are part of a multi-phase effort to reduce recurring flooding.
City staff described the work as a continuation of prior hazard-mitigation and park improvements. The mayor and other officials told the council the project would fund design and construction oversight for drainage features beneath the railroad trestle, improvements near Pennington and Main Avenues, and additional measures to protect the tennis courts and adjacent parking.
Staff said earlier phases reduced ponding in the parking lot and that the current contract would fund the next phase of hydraulic analysis, detailed design and construction inspection; future phases could include rerouting the road and adding green infrastructure to increase stormwater absorption. The mayor said the work is coordinated with FEMA and Greenacres and that the city hopes to obtain additional funding for further phases.
The resolution for the design and construction-inspection contract was included in the consent block of items 18–43a and passed on the council’s roll-call vote approving consent matters. Councilmembers recorded “yes” votes on the consent block; no councilmember voted against or abstained in the recorded roll call.
Ending: Staff said the design work would precede later construction phases and that engineers will provide hydraulic calculations to guide any road-shifting or green-space additions. The council did not set construction dates at the meeting but indicated further updates would come as additional funding is secured.
