{"id":13143,"date":"2018-07-27T03:22:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T07:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=13143"},"modified":"2018-07-27T03:22:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T07:22:59","slug":"new-brick-ordinance-requires-utility-contractors-to-repair-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2018\/07\/new-brick-ordinance-requires-utility-contractors-to-repair-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brick Ordinance Requires Utility Contractors to Repair Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11825\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/LeeBoy-5000-Path-Master-Paver-ACT.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11825\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/LeeBoy-5000-Path-Master-Paver-ACT.png\" alt=\"LeeBoy 5000 Path Master paving machine. (Photo: Kirby-Smith)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/LeeBoy-5000-Path-Master-Paver-ACT.png 750w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/LeeBoy-5000-Path-Master-Paver-ACT-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/LeeBoy-5000-Path-Master-Paver-ACT-746x420.png 746w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/LeeBoy-5000-Path-Master-Paver-ACT-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/LeeBoy-5000-Path-Master-Paver-ACT-681x383.png 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LeeBoy 5000 Path Master paving machine. (Photo: Kirby-Smith)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When a utility company opens a street in Brick, whether they properly repair the roadway is sometimes the subject of debate among both officials and neighbors. Now, however, it\u2019s mandatory.<\/p>\n<p>The township council this week unanimously passed an ordinance compelling utilities such as JCP&L, Verizon and water-sewer companies to restore roads at least to the condition they were in before the work occurred.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, the township normally requested utility companies properly restore roads, but it was not a law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ordinance provides clear direction on our expectations so the utility companies can plan accordingly,\u201d said Council President Heather deJong.<\/p>\n<p>deJong said companies would often cooperate if asked before the project, but will now be notified of the ordinance requirements automatically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the most effective way to communicate road resurfacing when utility companies,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2018\/07\/new-brick-ordinance-requires-utility-contractors-to-repair-streets\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a utility company opens a street in Brick, whether they properly repair the roadway is sometimes the subject of debate among both officials and neighbors. Now, however, it\u2019s mandatory. The township council this week unanimously passed an ordinance compelling utilities such as JCP&#038;L, Verizon and water-sewer companies to restore roads at least to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,3410],"class_list":["post-13143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-street-repair"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/LeeBoy-5000-Path-Master-Paver-ACT.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-3pZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}