Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The third attempt at bidding out the project was rejected following Hurricane Sandy cutting the timeline short.
Hurricane Sandy may have blown its way through River Dell about three weeks ago, but the effects are still impacting the day-to-day business in River Edge as the Council rejected the lone bid for a set of ADA doors to the police station. The bid, while received on Oct. 12, then sat in a safe until early Novemeber, as Borough Hall was without power for almost a full week. The bid was the third attempt in moving forward with installing ADA compliance doors to the River Edge Police Station and Borough Hall. The project will be funded by a Community Development Block Grant. "We had gone out for a third time to receive bids but they were due the day the hurricane hit," Borough Administrator Alan Negreann said. "Due to the lack of power Borough …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The borough is in the middle of working towards 2012 Community Development Block Grant applications, new ADA doors, and replacing a handful of bus shelters
While waiting for work to begin on the installation of a new generator toBorough Hall and the Police Department, River Edge is also looking forward to additional projects in town including replacement bus shelters and ADA compliant doors. The borough is also in the midst of narrowing down the list of potential Community Development Block Grant applications. Community Development With an October 5 deadline looming to submit the 2012 Community Development Block Grant applications, River Edge will have to choose three out of five possiblities in hopes of receiving funding. Among the suggestions, according to Borough Administrator Alan Negreann, are installing curbs and sidewalks on Oxfort Terrace and Rutgers Place, replacing a senior bus, …
Friday, August 3, 2012
After receiving a Community Development Block Grant to install ADA compliance doors to the River Edge Police Station and Borough Hall, a lack of bids now stalls the project
Twice the borough of River Edge has sought bids for new ADA compliant doors for the police station and borough hall and both times has received zero responses. Now the town will seek clarification from the Community Development Block Grant program, which has supplied the funding, on whether the governing body could negotiate with a contractor. "We had nine vendors pick up the packets but none actually bid on the project itself," borough administrator Alan Negreann said. The first time the borough went out to bid for the project, the specifications not only included the doors but the masonry component as well to replace the door frames. When there were zero responses, the second bid separated the two items but once again returned with no …
amy forman
4:16 pm on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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