6/22/15 Caucus

Frank Dann

PERTH AMBOY – Councilman Fernando Gonzalez was not happy with the road resurfacing work done on State Street. He said, “The City Streets seem to be getting shoddy work done by the contractors repairing the roads. Even when we do a brand new road, 2 weeks later it looks bad.”

DPW Director Frank Dann came up to address these concerns. “When a road is repaved, they use heavy equipment and our roads are old. There was a water main break and the street had to be open to repair it. If the gas company cuts open the street, they have to repair it. The roads are repaved to federal standards.”

At a Council Meeting held in early June, Gonzalez had complained about his street (High Street) where Elizabethtown Gas had left a trench. He complained that the street looked bad. “Is the City being compensated when streets are being blocked?”

At that Early June Meeting B.A. Jillian Barrick had explained that Elizabethtown Gas was replacing meters from low to high pressure. “This was a requirement from BPU as a result of what happened after Sandy. They repaved the entire street after all the work was done.”