One rendering of the planned Irvington Ave. improvements |
The Township recently issued an update in the Maplewood Leaflet.
See it below:
Community
Development
Maplewood’s
Irvington Avenue Corridor Implementation/Vision
Continues!
The
Township is gearing up for a third round of grant funding to revitalize the
Maplewood portion of Irvington Avenue. A county road in the north east corner
of our community, Irvington Avenue, home to a thriving commercial district, has
long been on
the Township’s radar for streetscape improvements. “Just as the development at
the southeast entry of Maplewood on Springfield Avenue is revitalizing that
area and creating a ‘sense of place,’ so too does Irvington Avenue’s commercial
district deserve an infusion of energy” said Mayor Vic DeLuca. “This is a long-term
project that we are committed to.”
In 2013
the Township’s successful application for a $90K Local Demonstration Project
award from Together North Jersey produced a work plan for Irvington Avenue
streetscape improvements and other initiatives. A multi-disciplinary team
including engineers, architects, marketing analysts and community organizers
published in 2014 a forward-looking blueprint of priorities for recommended actions
whose goal is to
make the Irvington Avenue corridor a more vibrant, safer, pedestrian-friendly
commercial district.
Building
on the momentum of this foundational work, the Township urged Essex County to
apply for NJ Department of Transportation funds to implement some of these
initiatives through the Transportation Alternative Program (TAP). The County
was awarded $850K, enough to make some streetscape
improvements along the Irvington Avenue Corridor.
Two of the improvements benefiting
Maplewood will be the installation of crosswalks providing pedestrian access
between the Senior
Citizen housing at 564 Irvington Avenue and the Walgreens opposite, and between
the Diamond Gym and the Extra Supermarket, further southeast down the street.
This
year, again at the behest of Maplewood, Essex County is applying for TAP funds
to renovate and make streetscape improvements at the intersection of Parker and
Irvington Avenues. Among the primary goals are to make this intersection safer
for pedestrians and bicyclists, and to calm vehicular traffic.
We are hopeful that Phase II of this project will be funded.
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