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Stockton Ave., Seaside Park, N.J. (Credit: Google Earth)<\/p><\/div>\n

A Seaside Park street that has been subject to flooding by an underground pipe that no longer is in service will be reconstructed as part of a planned road improvement project.<\/p>\n

Stockton Avenue had been due for repaving and received grant funding under a state municipal aid program that funds resurfacing of one or two streets per year in the borough. But an underlying problem \u2013 literally \u2013 will require the reconstruction of the street in order to solve a flooding issue that is unique to the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an outfall pipe that was originally there for the S-turn coming into Seaside, but it was capped off when the S-turn was routed into the new pump stations,\u201d said Councilman Marty Wilk. \u201cThat pipe underneath Stockton is now taking on tidal water and [the water] is working its way up to the road.\u201d<\/p>\n

During times of high tide, the outfall pipe backs up water onto the street rather than directs it out to the bay \u2013 the polar opposite of the reason why it had been installed many years ago. The borough has received a commitment from the state Department of Transportation to fund $303,255 in street repaving costs, however the Stockton project will come at a higher cost due to the removal of the abandoned outfall pipe, which necessitates the reconstruction of the street.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the council unanimously introduced a bond ordinance appropriating $553,255 for the total cost of the project. After the state grant funding is applied, the local share of the project will amount to $250,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bonds are there to cover that difference,\u201d said Councilman William Kraft.<\/p>\n

The council is expected to adopt the bond ordinance after a public hearing and second vote this week, after which a contractor can be chosen to perform the work and the street can be rebuilt. The council is scheduled to meet this Thursday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. in the council chambers above the police station.<\/p>\n

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