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Resident asks whether mayors met Army Corps on Rahway River flooding; deputy mayor says Corps' proposal was not federally fundable
Summary
An email from resident Michael Bartosz raised truck‑routing and Rahway River Basin flood concerns; Deputy Mayor Kaiser replied that the mayor's council had not recently met the Army Corps and said past Corps analyses did not meet federal funding criteria for a regional project.
Springfield Township — A resident correspondence on flooding and truck traffic prompted an extended explanation from a township official about prior Army Corps analysis and federal funding limits for a Rahway River Basin project.
Michael Bartosz, in an email read into the record by the clerk, asked the committee to consider converting Oakland Avenue to a one‑way street to reduce tractor‑trailer cut‑throughs and requested that the mayors of Union County meet with the Union County Board of Commissioners and the Army Corps of Engineers to address flooding in the Rahway River Basin. The clerk read Mr. Bartosz's correspondence into the public record.
Deputy Mayor Kaiser, who represents the township on the mayor's council, responded…
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