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 Ray,

Thanks for all you do for our town!

Now that the weather is nice my kids and a lot of the other neighborhood kids have been playing baseball in the Hearthstone park baseball field.

They told me that the field is very hard to play on due to dips and holes all over the field. Is there any way for the township to come and spruce up and smooth the field?

There has also been a huge amount of kids and adults who have started to play pickleball. Is there any way for the township to put some pickleball courts in an empty area of the park?

Thanks

Response from Mayor Coles:

Good afternoon

I’m glad you are getting so much enjoyment out of the park. I have asked public works to go in and clean up and level off as much as possible.

We get lots of requests for pickleball courts. I will ask them to see if there is any space to install one

Takle care

Ray

Question:

HI!
I can’t begin without thanking you for the many traffic fixes and more all around Lakewood where we see there is a mayor who really cares. Thank you!!

While driving to brooklyn I saw they have what appears to be an interchangeable hov lane that goes north and south at different peak times. I thought that might be a wonderful idea for route nine where the traffic is usually time based. Maybe the shoulder can be taken out and the streets restripped with the middle lane changing North or South based on a traffic study when it will be more useful? I’m not sure how they do it on the verezano bridge but it appears to be possible.

Thank you for your time and allowing regular folks to converse with you!

Response from Mayor Coles:

Good afternoon

I know the system you are referring to. I’ve seen them in several different places, including the bridge. I don’t think it would work in town, for a number of reasons, mainly because there is no room on Rt9 to accommodate it.

I appreciate the suggestion. Many times our residents come up with solutions that were overlooked. So please always reach out if you feel an idea could benefit the town. In the meantime, we will continue to press the state to make much needed, and long overdue improvements to their roads throughout town

Stay well

Ray

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