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Residents push back on Safe Routes sidewalk plan for Brookside and Laurel drives; council to reconvene with engineers
Summary
Dozens of New Providence residents urged the borough to reconsider proposed Safe Routes‑to‑School sidewalks on Brookside and Laurel drives, citing tree loss, sump‑pump/drainage risks and concerns that proposed alignments would funnel children across dangerous intersections. Council committed to further engineering review and a follow-up meeting.
Residents at a New Providence Borough Council meeting told elected officials the borough’s proposed Safe Routes‑to‑School sidewalk plan for Brookside and Laurel drives needs more study and local input.
At the start of the public‑comment period, longtime resident Donna Zane read correspondence and disputed a narrative that an earlier petition from 2004 or 2005 is solely responsible for placing Brookside on the 2018 sidewalk grant list; she said the petition had been followed by multiple engineering and walkability studies and police surveys. ‘‘I challenge its validity,’’ Zane said, reading letters submitted to the council and asserting community members have been mischaracterized in recent messages to neighbors.
Martin Wilson of 45 Laurel Drive and other speakers said the engineer’s proposed alignment would…
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