JULY 17, 2019 • WWW.THEOBSERVER.COM • VOL. CXXXII, NO. 10
RUTGERS RELIEF COVERING: BELLEVILLE • BLOOMFIELD • EAST NEWARK • HARRISON • KEARNY • LYNDHURST • NORTH ARLINGTON • NUTLEY
At long last, street littered with potholes for years will get facelift, thanks to the county By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
MOTORISTS, REJOICE: RUTGERS STREET IS FINALLY BEING REPAVED! If you’ve driven on Rutgers Street in Belleville, heading to the Rutgers Street Bridge especially, anytime in, oh, let’s say, the last three years, you know that just as you approach the bridge, there are potholes so bad and so brutal that it’s a minor miracle if you get past the location without your vehicle’s entire undercarriage collapsing.
Photo illustration by Michelle Rybeck
At long last, Rutgers Street, Belleville, will be getting a much-needed repaving. The street, especially near the bridge, has been in terrible disrepair for years.
You know what we’re talking about. But there’s good news, great news actually — it’s going to be repaved soon thanks to Essex County taking on the responsibility of doing so, even though it’s actually the state that should be doing the work. Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and Belleville Mayor Michael Melham made the announcement jointly last week at the Rutgers/Main Street intersection. Part of the project includes repaving the intersection of Rutgers Street and Main Street, which is a state road. The work is scheduled to start the first week of August and will last about a week.
“An ongoing initiative of my administration has been to modernize our infrastructure so it meets the needs of our community and enhances the safety for motorists and pedestrians. We were going to repave the county-owned section of Rutgers Street this year and decided to include the intersection because of the concerns that NJ State Sen. Teresa Ruiz and Belleville Mayor Michael Melham were sharing with my office,” DiVincenzo said. “We have been sharing our concerns about Rutgers Street with the state for several months and we are very happy that the county is taking action. We are very
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