NJ American Water invests $10.2M in multiple communities

Dawn Furnas//December 5, 2022//

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New Jersey American Water announced a total investment of $10.2 million in multiple communities to replace aging water main, fire hydrants and utility-owned service lines.

The Camden-based water utility, which announced the work Dec. 1, will also replace any lead or galvanized customer-owned service line as part of a statewide initiative to remove this type of line by 2031.

The investment breakdown is:

$2.6 million in Millburn
$3.1 million in Monmouth and Ocean counties
$1.5 million in Atlantic and Cape May counties
$1 million in North Plainfield
$2 million in Voorhees

All projects are part of the company’s multimillion-dollar initiative to renew water infrastructure in more than 100 communities across the state.

Residents are cautioned to be aware of traffic restrictions and alternating traffic patterns.

Community details

Millburn

CRJ Contracting Inc., a contractor for New Jersey American Water, began work on Whittingham Terrace and will begin work on Myrtle Avenue in early December. The work will be completed along Myrtle Avenue from Glen Avenue to Mountain Avenue and Whittingham Terrace from Ridgewood Road to Millburn Avenue.

Weather permitting, work is expected to take about a month on Whittingham Terrace and three months on Myrtle Avenue. Final street restorations will be completed in spring and summer of 2023.

Monmouth and Ocean counties

Contractors began work in Neptune City and Township and will begin work the week of Dec. 5 in Bayhead and West Long Branch.

Upgrades will take place along the following streets:

Bayhead: Lake Avenue from Twilight Road to Bristol Place
Neptune City and Township: Fifth Avenue from Memorial Drive to Ridge Avenue
West Long Branch: Pinewood Avenue from Wall Street to Hollywood Avenue; and Maple Avenue from Elmwood Avenue to Pinewood Avenue

Weather permitting, work is expected to take about two months in Neptune and West Long Branch and three months in Bayhead. Final street restorations will be completed in spring of 2023.

Atlantic and Cape May counties

The work, which began the first week of December, will affect the following areas:

Ocean City: Anchorage Drive from 52nd Street to 55th Street; and West 55th Street from Bay Avenue westbound to the dead end
Somers Point: the entire length of Paul Clark Drive

Pioneer Pipe Contractors Inc. expects to be completed within two months, weather permitting. Final street restorations will be completed in spring of 2023.

North Plainfield

CRJ Contracting Inc. began work Dec. 2 on Brook Avenue from Sandford Avenue to Meadowbrook Road. The project is expected to be completed within two months, weather permitting. Final street restorations will be completed in spring of 2023.

Voorhees

Pioneer Pipe Contractors Inc. began work on the 2-mile project and expects to be completed within about four months, weather permitting. Final street restorations will be completed in spring of 2023.

The following streets will be affected: