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We hope that you are all safe and staying healthy in this current environment. We wanted to let you know that we will be hosting 2 webinars (via Zoom) in June to provide you with valuable continuing education, while at the same time, also bringing the membership together to discuss issues you are experiencing in this "new normal."
We will be offering 2 hours of CEU on both June 10th and June 24th, 10am-12 noon. We are finalizing the presentations with the speakers now, but each will include a focus on COVID-19 updates and/or provide solutions to you in your role as an Municipal Engineer during this time. As typical, we will have government officials join us (like representatives from DOT and DEP) — and that will provide the members with an opportunity for Q&A. We will also designate additional time at the end of the webinars for member to member interaction, this will allow for some discussion of best practices and peer to peer guidance as we change the ways we do municipal engineering in these challenging circumstances. Look for registration details in your inboxes in the coming days!
*Keep in mind, for those in need of education credits, the deadline has been extended to June 30th.
NJ Spotlight
New Jersey’s aggressive clean-energy goals could be undermined by a decision by a federal agency, but a way to get around that ruling may be riskier and more expensive for utility customers, The ruling is forcing states to craft significant changes in energy policies, or face big obstacles in promoting renewable technologies like offshore wind.
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Engineering News-Record
When a New Jersey hospital couldn’t find enough batteries to keep its air purifying respirators working amid COVID-19, it turned to nearby Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering at Rowan University for a solution. A team there has since designed and produced rechargeable batteries using 6-volt gel cells, available at home improvement stores, to keep things running.
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Bridge Design & Engineering
The existing 112-year-old swing bridge, known as River Draw, sustained significant damage during Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and required emergency repairs before being put back into use carrying NJ Transit rail services.
The directors of NJ Transit have approved the appointment of George Harms Construction to carry out initial construction for the project.
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Utility Dive
Staff of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities published a straw proposal on the state's plan to build out electric vehicle charging infrastructure, with an underlying objective to attract private capital into the sector and "substitute shareholder dollars for ratepayer capital wherever possible."
Consumer advocates say issues of system equity and charging station ownership are likely to dominate the discussion.
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NJ Spotlight
The Board of Public Utilities is proposing a plan that addresses how New Jersey builds out the infrastructure to electrify the transportation sector, a top priority of legislators and the Murphy administration as a key to achieving aggressive goals to reduce global-warming pollution.
The straw proposal made public by the BPU staff aims to answer some of the biggest questions about transforming the sector.
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NJ.com
As NJ’s coronavirus rates go down, Gov. Phil Murphy is looking at reopening the state. His task force needs to look at a green reopening plan. The health emergency has given people a new understanding of the importance of family, protecting the environment, reducing air pollution, and enjoying the outdoors.
This is a chance to heal New Jersey’s environment and move us toward restoration, clean energy, adapting to climate change, and fixing outdated regulations.
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New Jersey Business
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association released its much-anticipated annual list of the nation’s Best Restored Beaches. The Borough of Keansburg was announced as one of the five winners selected by a panel of judges from all over the country.
The ASBPA is dedicated to preserving, protecting and enhancing our coasts by merging science and public policy.
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Transport Topics
The leadership for Senate Republicans and House Democrats announced differing legislative strategies during an economic and health crisis that has prompted several transportation stakeholders to urge emergency assistance.
The Senate’s Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, has not scheduled the chamber’s consideration of the next phase of coronavirus relief after referring to a House-passed $3 trillion relief package as a “liberal wish list.”
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Engineering News-Record
As states around the country gradually reopen from the coronavirus shutdown, contractors are being challenged to operate in new ways to prevent the spread of the virus and to accept a slower pace of work as the new normal.
“These things have slowed the process of getting things moving,” says Ray Volpatt Jr., president of Volpatt Construction, in Pennsylvania, which reopened for construction May 1.
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Lehigh Valley Live
The design phase has begun for the 2021 rehabilitation of the Easton-Phillipsburg free bridge, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced.
The bridge has been rehabilitated and repaired multiple times, most notably after the historic 1955 flood from Hurricane Diane that destroyed the bridge’s center span.
The bridge’s last repair project was $5.1 million in work in 2001.
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