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Redevelopment kicks into high gear on Parkway Ave. EDiTeD By BiLL SANserViNO
After being in the works many year, projects in the Parkway Area Redevelopment Zone finally seem to be coming to fruition. The township contains two areas that have been designated as areas in need of redevelopment. The Parkway Avenue Redevelopment Zone includes the site of the former General Motors factory and the old Naval Air Warfare Center—both on Parkway Avenue. The township’s other redevel-
opment zone is the business district on Olden Avenue—an effort in which township officials have been making gradual process. Ewing Observer editor Bill Sanservino recently sat down with Mayor Bert Steinmann to talk about issues impacting the township. In this month’s Q&A resulting from the interview, the mayor discusses the state of projects in the township’s redevelopment zones. A lightly edited version of that Q&A appears below. ***
Ewing Observer: Let’s talk about the redevelopment areas in town. There’s the Ewing Town Center and the old Naval Air Warfare Center on Parkway Avenue and the Olden Avenue Redevelopment Zone. Can you give an update on the status of each of them? Bert Steinmann: Well, Olden Avenue has a little bit more challenges with trying to make improvements, and we are making them. They’re steady, but the only See REDEVELOPMENT, Page 4
TWW begins water storage and distribution improvements EDiTeD By BiLL SANserViNO
Mekhi Stafford shows off the gold medal he won on June 15, 2023 at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions. For more on Stafford and the EHS track and field team, turn to page 10.
Trenton Water Works will begin the demolition of two buildings at 942 Prospect Street in Trenton near the 124-year-old Pennington Avenue Reservoir to prepare the site for constructing two 8-million-gallon concrete storage tanks in the spring of 2024. “We’ve given the contractor the green light to remove any hazardous material and demol-
ish the buildings on the site,” said Mayor W. Reed Gusciora. “We anticipate that it will take three months for the site to be completely cleared and readied for the next phase of the water utility’s storage and distribution system improvements project.” IBN Construction Corporation is undertaking the $520,000 hazardous material cleanup and demolition of the two 25,000 and 13,000 square-foot buildings on the 2-acre site, with technical
guidance and project oversight from engineering firm Barton & Loguidice. The work, awarded through public bidding, will take approximately three months to complete. Demolition and preparation of the site at 942 Prospect Street is Phase 1 of TWW’s $44-million Storage and Distribution System Improvements Project launched in 2020. The project aims to decentralize and protect treated See TWW, Page 3
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