Tag: Superstorm Sandy
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Woodbridge to study emergency power source
WOODBRIDGE — Critical facilities in the township will be able to remain operational in the event of major storms through a proposed Town Center Distributed Energy Resource Microgrid. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) highlighted the board’s approval of Woodbridge Township’s application for a feasibility study to implement the proposed town center microgrid…
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Sayreville seeks to restore storm-damaged neighborhoods
SAYREVILLE – Rutgers University and the Sayreville Environmental Commission are creating an implementation strategy to restore and stabilize two borough neighborhoods damaged by tropical storms. Jeremiah Bergstrom, a landscape architect with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE), presented the plan for restoring Weber and MacArthur avenues to the Borough Council at a June 26 meeting. The two…
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More flood-prone properties will become open space in South River
SOUTH RIVER – The Borough of South River will receive more than $4 million to increase its open space properties due to the destruction of superstorm Sandy. The borough will receive $4,151,057 from the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection Blue Acres Buyout Program, according to a joint statement released by U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and…
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Low-interest loan allows repairs of Sayreville pump station to begin
SAYREVILLE — Work has begun on a 1,700-foot flood wall and other measures to protect the Middlesex County Utilities Authority’s (MCUA) Sayreville pump station from storm surge and flooding as a result of an $88 million low-interest bridge loan provided by the state. The New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust (NJEIT), working in partnership with the…
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Pump station repairs honored as Leading Infrastructure Projects
Projects that will repair and improve Middlesex County Utilities Authority’s (MCUA) Edison and Sayreville pump stations, both of which suffered severe damage to their electrical systems during superstorm Sandy, were honored as Leading Infrastructure Projects by the New Jersey Alliance for Action. The MCUA and the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust acquired Federal Emergency Management…
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South River Fire Department helps local food bank
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer SOUTH RIVER — The South River Fire Department reached out with a helping hand to the South River Food Bank last weekend. On Nov. 5, volunteer firefighters collected food and monetary donations at the firehouse, located at 28 George St. “Ever since [superstorm] Sandy, our department has held a food drive before…
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Sayreville, Rutgers collaborate on ways to improve Weber Avenue
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — The Borough of Sayreville is working with Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) to develop recommendations for the Weber Avenue neighborhood. Councilman Art Rittenhouse said that the project started after he attended a seminar at Rutgers and wanted to bring their expertise to the borough. The council subsequently authorized a study…
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Sayreville officials seeking aid for Eisenhower Drive residents
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — The Borough Council is looking to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide relief to residents of Eisenhower Drive. Councilmen Art Rittenhouse and Stephen Grillo spoke about their recommendations to champion the cause of residents on that street. Residents there were not eligible for a state buyout under the Blue…
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Blue Acres is a ‘win-win’ for open space, owners of flooded homes
Like many residents along the Delaware Bayshore, Natalie and Don Fisch of Downe Township worried about the future of their community after superstorm Sandy devastated New Jersey’s coastline. They saw that street flooding was increasing during high tides, full moons and rainstorms, making it hard for residents to get in and out of…