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Residents press council on NJ Transit station business, traffic and sewer repairs; mayor says grant-funded project is underway
Summary
Two residents asked who owns and controls the site next to the Passaic train station that hosts a recently opened Rita’s, raised concerns about traffic, parking and basement flooding, and asked whether sewer-repair funds were diverted to the business. The mayor and business administrator said the parcel is owned by New Jersey Transit, the business was vetted and that a DCA Resilient Communities grant is funding a multi-million-dollar drainage and sewer project.
Two residents raised separate but related concerns at the April 23 Passaic City Council meeting about a new commercial operation at the train station site and nearby infrastructure.
Marva Wade, of 79 Barry Place, asked who owns the property next to the train station that currently houses a Rita’s and whether any plans exist to alter the site. The business administrator said New Jersey Transit owns the parcel and that Rita’s won the lease through a public bid process about a year and a half ago; he added that the city has not received any proposals to expand the structure. “To the best of our knowledge, there are no plans to expand in terms of square footage of the building…
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