RED BANK: BRANCH AVENUE DETOURS BEGIN
As regular commuters on Branch Avenue in Red Bank may have discovered, the road was closed to traffic Thursday morning.
RED BANK: ROAD AND PARK WORK UPDATED
Work underway on East Bergen Place last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
A messy road project in Red Bank will cost more and take longer to complete than originally anticipated, officials said last week.
Also, the borough plans to seek $250,000 in Monmouth County funding to cover half the cost of a series of improvements to borough parks.
RED BANK: WATER LINE BREAKS ON EAST SIDE
A water main break at Harding Road and Spring Street in Red Bank Monday morning. Spring Street was closed between Harding and Elm Place. (Click to enlarge)
Red Bank’s borough government issued a “boil water” alert following a supply line break on the East Side Monday morning.
Public works director Gary Watson tells redbankgreen that a six-inch line, not a 10-inch main, ruptured at Harding Road and Spring Street at about 6 a.m. Water service was shut to two homes on Spring Street and the Manor Drive condominium complex while a contractor makes repairs, expected to be completed by about 3 p.m., he said.
MIDDLETOWN ROAD REMAINS CLOSED
West Front Street between Bernard Drive and Shady Oaks Way in Middletown remained closed Friday morning following a reported water main break late Thursday afternoon. A repair crew was on the scene, but no information was immediately available about how long the work might take. (Click to enlarge)
WATER MAIN BREAK SHUTS WEST FRONT
A motorist navigates a muddy cascade toward a bridge over Jumping Brook following a major water main break on West Front Street in Middletown late Wednesday afternoon. Police were in the process of shutting down the road between Half Mile Road and the Parkway overpass. (Click to enlarge)
PAVERS CAUSE ‘MINOR’ WATER OUTAGE
Pavers laid asphalt around the area of the break while a borough crew sought to repair damage to the water line. (Click to enlarge)
A Red Bank public works crew was on the scene of a water main break at Central Avenue and Drs. James Parker Boulevard late Thursday afternoon.
A crew supervisor said the break, which occurred at about 2:20p, was caused by a paving contractor laying asphalt on Central Avenue.