Wednesday July 22. As part of its commitment to upgrading the water infrastructure in the Borough, New Jersey American Water (NJAW) has started a major capital program to replace the water main on West Broad Street and address lead and galvanized water service lines to homes in that area. Letters to impacted residents/businesses were hand delivered last week, phone calls sent to everyone who has registered for updates and work has now commenced. Reminder that there will be no direct expense to any homeowner or business for the replacement of these service lines.
The project to replace the water main in West Broad Street (from Louellen Street to Windsor Way) is anticipated to take approximately four weeks and is designed to be completed before the start of school, with limited service interruptions on a house-by-house basis when each building is reconnected. NJAW will communicate directly with each impacted owner as those dates approach. When the project is completed, the work will need approximately 90 days to physically settle before the road will receive a much-needed full repaving. NJAW, the Borough’s engineers and Hopewell Valley Emergency Services have been working to ensure interruptions to traffic and access to homes are as limited as possible, and construction is planned on a block-by-block staged basis to keep roads open or partially open when feasible. NJAW and the Hopewell Township Police Department will orchestrate the traffic control plan and the Borough will provide regular updates as the project progresses. Access to local businesses will be maintained throughout and Hopewell Borough will remain very much open for business! Residents will be kept informed through door-to-door letters, website postings, and CodeRED reverse-911 notifications, with the on-site inspector serving as the primary point of contact. We continue to encourage everyone to sign up for Hopewell Valley OEM alerts (CodeRED) here and for alerts from NJAW here.
Information about the transition will continue to be updated on the Borough website at:
https://www.hopewellboro-nj.us/water
