A bond ordinance appropriating $2.57 million for the 2019 road improvement program in Keyport has been adopted by members of the Keyport Borough Council.
On May 22, council members adopted an ordinance to appropriate funds that will be used to finance the road improvements.
Bonds or notes totaling $1.76 million will be issued, while the borough will use a $675,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation and $130,000 will be taken from the borough’s capital improvement fund as the down payment, according to the ordinance.
The 2019 Road Improvement Program will include improvements to Division Street (Third to Front); East Front Street; Third Street (Atlantic to Dead End); Third Street (Main to Broad); Main Street (Maple to Route 36); Kearney Street (Stound and Terminus); Warren Street (Main to Broad); and Hurley Street (Main to Broad), according to the ordinance.
In other business, Boy Scout Colin McTernan, 17, informed council members he completed his Eagle Scout project on April 28.
With the help of others, Colin geolocated, inventoried and color coded 128 fire hydrants in Keyport with reflective bands.
A colored reflective band was placed on each fire hydrant to indicate the volume of water each hydrant permits.
Colin, who attends Matawan Regional High School, previously said blue, green, orange and red reflective bands “will help firefighters easily identify which hydrants to use” in the case of a fire-related emergency.
Scoutmaster Kristopher Kryston previously said firemen would be able to easily detect fire hydrants at night when the color coded reflective bands are fastened around the hydrants.
“As well as the reflective bands, I updated the master list of hydrants with the longitude and latitude (of hydrant locations) for (quicker detection). This wasn’t possible without the help of a lot of amazing people … Thank you to the council for giving me the opportunity to do this,” Colin said.
Keyport Mayor Collete Kennedy thanked Colin for his works, saying, “Thank you for keeping your project local and in our community … Hopefully, this was a great learning experience for you to learn about the different entities and how they coordinate things together. On behalf of the entire borough, I would like to thank you.”
The remaining 80 hydrants in Keyport which were not included in Colin’s Eagle Scout project will be geolocated, color coded and registered into inventory, Kryston said.