Lakewood officials are planning to spend more than $100 million to improve the township’s roadways, services, and playgrounds.
Under a proposal to be voted upon by the Township Committee, Lakewood will:
- Spend $22 million on road and sidewalk improvements, including: Pine from Route 9 to New Hampshire; Lanes Mill, the Lake Carasaljo path, Ridgeway Place; Drake Road; Ridge Avenue; E. 9th, E. 7th, and E. 6th streets; and additional improvements to the NJ Transit Terminal’s pedestrian walkway.
- Spend $15 million to improve various roadways, including: Phase 2 of the Vine Ave. extension from Pine to Oak; improvements to August Drive and Brookfield Drive; and Forest Avenue roadway improvements.
- Spend $5.97 million for traffic signal installation and improvements at: the NJDOT Bikeway Program at the John F. Patrick Park and Industrial Park, Vermont Avenue and Route 70; Park Ave. and E. 7th Street; and Monmouth Ave. and 4th Street.
- Spend $29.8 million for township-wide sewer, drainage and related roadway improvements, including: Arboretum Parkway; Columbus and Nostrand Avenue Parks; Vermont Ave. roadway improvements (Oak to Essex); Vine Ave. construction (Pine to Cedar Bridge) Rosebank Street; Leonard Street; Park Avenue; Forest Drive; Gladiola Court; Marlin Avenue; and Coral Avenue.
- Spend $12.7 million to upgrade Lakewood’s parks, including by purchasing new playground, park and recreation equipment, DPW playground replacement equipment, and the Sports Dome Additional Services Project
- Purchase just over $9 million worth of new vehicles, including automated trucks, rear load trucks, front load trucks, tractors, small rear load trash trucks, tree bucket trucks, administrative vehicles, box trucks, and pick-up trucks
- Purchase $1.66 million of heavy duty equipment, including roll-off trucks, dumps and plows, walking floors, a brine making system, and a tree chipper.
- Spend $506,000 for improvements at the Department of Public Works’ Building #2
- Spend $7.2 million for improvements and upgrades to ShoreTown Ballpark (previously Blueclaws Stadium)
These massive projects will be funded by the issuance of $97 million in Township bonds.
Can we raise the rent on Bluckaws stadium if we are funding their improvements?
Amazing. Drake road was already mostly fixed. How about gudz rd? Prospect? They are a mess.
As soon as the project will finished there will so much more devlopments that the heavy traffic will reapoear and this whole project will be a waste of time and money