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Red Bank adopts new construction-dust rules and revises parking near Shrewsbury Avenue
Summary
The Red Bank Borough Council unanimously adopted two ordinances Wednesday: one revising time-limited parking and a drop-off zone near 273 Shrewsbury Ave, and a second creating a construction dust-control chapter aimed at reducing microplastics from building sites.
The Red Bank Borough Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 2025-26 to revise time-limited parking and drop-off regulations near 273 Shrewsbury Avenue and Ordinance 2025-27, which creates Chapter 303 to require construction dust containment aimed at reducing microplastic emissions.
Supporters on the council said the parking changes respond to local traffic and access patterns near the Galleria and nearby properties. Council members moved and seconded the parking ordinance after a brief public hearing and approved it by roll-call vote with all members recorded “Yes.”
The construction dust ordinance, introduced earlier on Aug. 14, 2025 and placed for final reading this meeting, drew public praise from residents and environmental advocates at the public-comment period. Marta Young of Clean Water Action told the council the measure would help limit microplastics that, she said, have been linked in studies to health harms and urged the borough to consider extended-producer-responsibility policies as a next step.
Mayor William Portman led the readings and the roll-call votes. Council members present voted in favor of both ordinances in sequence; the clerk recorded unanimous affirmative votes for each measure.
The dust-control ordinance establishes requirements for contractors to contain and minimize airborne construction dust and related microplastic dispersal; the text was approved as presented and will be enforced by borough code enforcement staff under existing local procedures. The council did not amend the ordinance during the hearing.
Council members and attendees praised the ordinance as a local leader in limiting small-particle pollution to protect public health and waterways. The council also noted ongoing conversations about statewide policy options and urged residents to follow state-level comment deadlines when relevant.
The measures take effect as provided in the ordinances’ effective-date language; council staff said standard publication and filing steps will follow.
