08 Jul ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO ANNOUNCES REPLACEMENT OF FREEMAN STREET CULVERT IN ROSELAND IS COMPLETED
Published on July 8, 2022
Roseland, NJ – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced on Thursday, July 7th that the replacement of the Freeman Street Culvert over Foulerton’s Brook in Roseland has been completed. The project is part of the County Executive’s ongoing initiative to modernize infrastructure and enhance safety for pedestrians and motorists.
“Our communities depend on County roads and bridges to get to work, go to school and go about their daily routines. We are aggressively improving and modernizing our infrastructure to make traveling through Essex County as safe and easy as possible,” DiVincenzo said.
“Thank you to the County Executive for making sure our roads in Essex County are in the best possible condition. This is a beautiful street and this helps improve the neighborhood,” Commissioner Patricia Sebold said. “This is another great project that represents our commitment to infrastructure and transportation needs. It’s not a sexy project, but it makes a huge difference in our residents’ quality of life,” Commissioner Brendan Gill said.
“Thank you for investing in the infrastructure in Roseland. The County Executive has created a successful plan for how government should work and we are following that blueprint in Roseland,” Roseland Mayor James Spango said.
A recent inspection report concluded the culvert, originally constructed in 1940, needed to be replaced because its condition was deteriorating. The 30-foot-wide culvert carries two lanes of traffic, with one lane of traffic heading in each direction. The new structure will be a box culvert similarly designed like the old one.
This project also includes the replacement of three other culverts: the Marion Avenue Culvert over the West Branch of the Rahway River in Millburn, the Mitchell Street Culvert over the East Branch of the Rahway River in Orange and the Locust Street Culvert over Lloyd Brook in Bloomfield.
French and Parrello was awarded a professional services contract to design the improvements to the four culverts and provide construction inspection services on the project. A publicly bid contract for $2,878,204 was awarded to Grade Construction from Paterson to replace the four culverts. The culvert improvements were funded with a grant from the NJ Department of Transportation Local Aid Program.