By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer
CRANBURY — The township will receive a $180,000 state grant to be used to resurface sidewalks, the Township Committee announced Monday.
Cranbury applies for the state Department of Transportation’s Municipal Aid Program every year and usually receives the grant every other year, said Christine Smeltzer, township administrator.
The township plans to add six concrete handicap ramps and flushed curbing to Wynnewood and Woodview drives with these funds, Ms. Smeltzer said.
Cranbury officials received word in mid-March that they had been approved for the grant. The township has 18 months to award a contract.
Ms. Smeltzer said the township would likely pay for the projects as they proceed and send vouchers to the state for reimbursement of the grant money.
It is too early in the process to estimate the price tag for the projects, Ms. Smeltzer said. But in the instance that there is a surplus of funds, she said the township could apply for a change-order to divert any extra money to a similar but separate project.
Ms. Smeltzer said the township applied for the grant in August and hopes to have the project complete in 2010.