The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to [email protected].

Question:

Hi
I noticed that the left turning arrow from central on to rt 9 north and the arrow from Hurley on the route 9 south are synched up to be green for equal time. Perhaps they can shorten the Hurley green and start the green light for the traffic on central earlier because far more cars turn from central and this would lighten up the traffic on central waiting to go straight.

Response from Mayor Coles:

Thanks for suggesting this. It is a state/county road, but we will reach out to the engineer and ask them to investigate changing the timing.

Take Care,

Ray

Question:

I wanted to thank the Mayor for the Townships gargantuan job of snow removal. I was pleasantly surprised this past Friday, a week after the snow. Plows came down my street and finished clearing the road from curb to curb. The plow drivers were very careful to clear out any driveway that they pushed snow into.

Keep warm,
Marcia

Response from Mayor Coles:

Thank you for the kind words, Marica.

This was the most challenging storm that I have been involved with. It wasn’t the amount of snow so much, but rather the 2″ layer of ice on top of it and temps that never got close to freezing since the storm.

I am awed by the job that public works and our fleet of contractors did and continue to do. I know better than anyone that there is still a lot to do, as I look out my window now at the huge pile of snow and ice at the corner across from my office. While I hope that we do not see another storm like this for a very long time, I will ask now that folks listen to the warnings when bad weather is predicted. Many of the issues we had plowing were due to cars and garbage cans being left on the street. This causes the plows to veer into the street and prevents much of the snow from being removed. If possible, the next time a storm is predicted, remove as many cars as possible from the street & work with your neighbors to try & park the remaining cars on just one side of the street. If you have room in your driveway, offer a spot to a neighbor. If we work together, we can minimize the disruption of our daily lives.

Thanks,

Ray

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