Upcoming Projects

Construct a pedestrian foot bridge and walkway at Veteran's Memorial Park to connect the beautiful Veteran's and Firefighter's Memorials.  In addition the walkway will be extended behind the Senior Recreation Center to Veteran's Park where that Veteran's Memorial will be relocated to the entrance to the park.   When completed our residents will be able to stroll through these meaningful memorials to our borough's heroes in a respectful manner.

Complete Charlie Butrico's traffic plan which will permanently ban truck traffic on Hamilton Boulevard.  Click the candidates icon on this site to see the details of Charlie Butrico's plan.

Helen Street Project: The Borough intends to develop a truck relief route to the industrial properties located along Metuchen Road, which will reduce truck traffic in residential neighborhoods. Many of the trucks that access this industrial area come from I-287 at the Durham Avenue exit, go right on Hamilton Boulevard, then right to Belmont Avenue and finally right onto Metuchen Road. Portions of Hamilton Boulevard and most of Belmont Avenue are residential, and the Roosevelt Elementary School is located on the corner of Hamilton Boulevard and Durham Avenue.  The objectives of this project are to remove as many trucks as possible from residential streets, separate truck traffic from cars and other small vehicles, improve the movement of goods through the Borough and enhance economic development opportunities in the region. The Helen Street Extension will provide an alternate route for trucks to access the industrial areas.

• Continue to Cut Borough Debt!
  
  
• Total reconstruction of Hamilton Boulevard from New Market Avenue to Stelton Road with turning lanes and traffic signals at St. Nicholas, Hollywood and South Clinton Avenue and decorative lights and paving from St. Nicholas to New Market Avenue!
  
  
  
• Widen Durham Avenue from Valley National Bank to Rt. 287. Another lane will be constructed on Durham Avenue, from Helen Street, by the Quick Check to Hamilton Boulevard. This will eliminate the bottleneck that now exists from 287 to the Hamilton Boulevard traffic light by Valley National Bank."
  
  
• Build a new 15,000 square foot, two-story Library next to Conroy's Funeral Home on Plainfield Avenue! The new, state of the art, library will be equipped with expanded computer labs and dedicated quite space for children's programs and activities.   In addition an area will be set aside for use by the South Plainfield Historical Society.
  
  
• Continue to Preserve Open Space - 30 more acres are targeted to be permanently preserved!
  
  
• Continue to pave roads on a "Pay As You Go" basis and expand our Curb Restoration Program.