Council approves $650,000 for various projects
LINWOOD — City Council passed a $650,000 bond ordinance April 27 that will allow it to borrow funds for various projects, including a public safety purchase, roadwork and recreational improvements.
Councilman Matthew Levinson, who oversees revenue and finance, said the bond would cover the purchase of radios for the fire department “to get them up to standards.”
He said it would cost about $150,000 to replace the outdated equipment and solve communications issues the department has been having.
Levinson said another $175,000 would go toward roadwork and the rest for various projects at All Wars Memorial field, Poplar Avenue fields and other recreational areas.
According to Jen Heller of Polistina and Associates, the city’s contracted engineer, work as part of the 2022 road program includes paving Greenwich and Garfield avenues (full width from Shore Road to Wabash Avenue), Van Sant Avenue (full width from Oak to Wabash avenues), Kent and Burwick lanes, Edgewood Avenue (half-width from Route 9 to Oak Avenue) and the parking lot at Poplar and Wabash, which also will be striped.
Other projects include a crosswalk at Poplar and Bryant avenues and fixing drainage issues at Country Club Drive and Shore Road.
Recreational improvements include facilities upgrades and possibly a bathroom at the Poplar Avenue fields. Levinson said some money would go toward the fieldhouse project at All Wars Memorial Field.
Another project on which discussions just began is installation of a controlled crosswalk at the bike path and Ocean Heights Avenue.
Councilman Eric Ford, who oversees planning, engineering and development, said the city is looking at numbers for the project, which would be done in conjunction with Somers Point and Atlantic County.
He said the city does not have jurisdiction since it is a county road and half in another municipality.
“We are diligently working to make that intersection safer,” Ford said.
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff