OPEN PUBLIC COUNCIL MEETINGS

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, in accordance with the Open Public Meeting Act, the Borough Council of the Borough of Merchantville hereby notifies the public that public meetings of the Borough Council will no longer be conducted virtually. Public meetings for the remainder of the 2021 year will be conducted in person on the Second Monday of the month and on the fourth Monday of the month from September to December, commencing at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, on the second floor of the Merchantville Borough Hall,              1 W. Maple Avenue, Merchantville, NJ 08109. Formal action may be taken at any of the meetings.

Denise Brouse, Borough Clerk

Glenwood Avenue update on progress of the drainage work.

Glenwood Avenue update on the progress of the drainage work on.  The following items are links below:

• Preliminary design plans for stormwater pumping station
• Completed survey in the area of the proposed pumping station location (to be incorporated into the pump station design plans)
• Geotech report to analyze soil conditions for construction activities (will become part of the technical specifications for the project)

The plan is to install the pumping station in the area where the dual stormwater pipes currently occupy.  The pumping station will collect the stormwater from the existing system and pump it directly to the same discharge point that currently exists.  We plan on keeping the existing drainage swale in place and install an insulated above grade force main.  This will allow us to keep the existing drainage system in place through the same natural swale and minimize the concerns for excavating along the New Jersey Transit right of way.

This will help mitigate the flooding issues by allowing the currently surcharged system to proactively pump the stormwater before flooding thus being able to better utilize the collection system capacity.

The plans is to complete design, bid and target completion of the project for the end of the year.  We are working with a vendor on a design of a packaged pump station that will minimize construction effort and provide a cost effective pumping solution. 

Thank you.

Thomas Leisse, PE, CME
Associate Vice President
Pennoni

MERCH - Glenwood Ave. Drainage Prelim. Design

MERCH19007 Signed

MERCH 19007 051721 New Pump Station MVL NJ GEO Tech Report

THE PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS THE MERCHANTVILLE PEDESTRIAN STREET PROJECT

BOROUGH HALL SUMMER HOURS

Please be advised that beginning Monday, June 1st until September 3rd,
Borough Hall will be working the follow summer hours schedule:

Monday          8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Tuesday          8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Wednesday   8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday        8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Friday             8:00 am - 12:00 pm

CENTRE STREET ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS

Construction on Centre Street, between Cove Road and Locust Street, is scheduled to begin on May 10, 2021. The estimated construction duration is 250 calendar days from beginning to end.  Work to be performed in the Merchantville portion of the project includes roadway repair, replacement of collapsed storm pipe, reconstruction of the Centre Street/Park Avenue intersection, realignment of multi-use path segments to make off-road, raised crosswalk at the intersection of Centre Street and the mulit-use path, concrete curb and apron replacement (where needed), ADA ramps, etc.  Additional information will be posted here, as it becomes available.  Please check back for more information.