Street paving delays and state funding shortfall
Summary
Two engineering contracts were on the agenda: pedestrian safety and signal upgrades at Market Street and University Avenue, and the Five Ward Paving Improvement Project.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 3
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
Contract amounts were not stated in the published agenda.
Pedestrians near the transit hub and drivers on repaved streets across all five wards.
Drivers using deteriorated sections of Second Avenue in the interim.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Municipal Council — October 21, 2026
Two engineering contracts were on the agenda: pedestrian safety and signal upgrades at Market Street and University Avenue, and the Five Ward Paving Improvement Project.
Municipal Council — June 16, 2026
Council members are frustrated that streets nominated for paving years ago still haven't been repaved, with the city seeking a second extension on a 2023 state grant. The business administrator says it's a budget problem — about $1 million per mile — and Newark gets only about $3 million of the state's $162 million despite the most truck traffic.
Municipal Council — March 31, 2026
Paving finally starts late April/early May after DOT plan reviews. Gonzalez says his stretch of Second Avenue is so full of potholes he drives on the wrong side of the road — and wants emergency action before cars start getting wrecked.
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