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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Short Hills Train Parking Plan Would Remove Trees

The plan is to convert the parallel parking on Chatham Road to head-in parking.

While the Millburn Township Committee is requesting designs to build a parking garage for the Millburn Train Station, it's also looking to add parking at the Short Hills Train Station. Township officials are working out plans to convert the parallel parking on the train station side of Chatham Road to head-in parking. It would be similar to the parking at the old coal chute near Forest Drive, and committee member Robert Tillotson said it would add 40-60 spaces.  The plan would require the removal of a number of trees along Chatham Road, and the township forester tied orange ribbons around the trees that would need to be removed. Tillotson said the ribbons are to give the public a visual on what is required to add the parking. "This hasn't …

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Township Committee Supports Hudson River Train Tunnel

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Charles

10:09 pm on Monday, January 10, 2011

Finally, I don't think the signs for any metered parking actually say "do not park here with a permit." I think you can park there with a permit, so long as you pay the meter fee. At least we have done so on an occasion or two and have not been ticketed as a result.   more ›

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Committee Seeks Parking Garage Designs

The conceptual designs would be for both Lot 2 and Lot 7 so officials can make a more informed decision.

While the consensus has been to put a parking garage on Lot 2 rather than Lot 7 at the Millburn Train Station, township officials are looking for conceptual designs for both sites. The Millburn Township Committee approved sending out a request for proposals for design work for a parking garage during its meeting on Tuesday night. The resolution states it would be for a parking structure on either Lot 2, which is at the corner of Lackawanna Place and Glen Avenue, or Lot 7, which is the lot at the train station. The designs would be for 450 spaces in the garage, which would be 290 additional parking spaces than what currently exists, and for it to be available to commuters, shoppers and downtown businesses. Officials are seeking to add …

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Parking Garage Could Push Permits Up By $109 and Commuter Parking Garage Options Debated

Friday, November 5, 2010

No Parking Coming to Part of Millburn Avenue

It won't be allowed on the area between Vauxhall Road and Essex Street.

A stretch of Millburn Avenue is now no parking because of an ordinance change, but it won't be enforced quite yet. The township committee approved an ordinance change to make Millburn Avenue between Vauxhall Road and Essex Street no parking at its last meeting, and the change was to be published. But the Millburn Police Department has yet to receive the certified ordinance, according to Capt. James Miller, police public information officer. Once the department receives the certified ordinance with the no parking change, he said, a worker will install the new no parking signs along Millburn Avenue. But he did not envision the new no parking zone being enforced soon. Township Administrator Tim Gordon said typically even when the signs are …

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Parking Changes for Millburn Avenue, Stop Sign in S. Mountain Proposed

Zoinks

3:41 pm on Friday, November 5, 2010

That is a good idea. Frequently I am driving in the right lane only to come upon the relatively few parked cars in that stretch and it is often hard to then merge left.   more ›

Friday, October 8, 2010

Officials Preparing Commuter Parking Deck RFP

The RFP would help determine the cost to design and construct a parking garage at Lot 2 for the train station.

Millburn officials are getting a request for proposals for design documents for a parking deck at the Millburn Train Station. Township Committee member Robert Tillotson, who is helping oversee the study into commuter parking and solutions, said the RFP would help determine the cost for drawings and the construction of a deck on Lot 2, which is at the corner of Lackwanna Place and Essex Street. Officials are seeking to add around 200 parking spaces at the Millburn Train Station as a way to compensate for the average 150 cars that use the valet service at the train station and plan for the future. Tillotson, who is working with fellow committee member James Suell, said they plan to send the RFP out in November. He said at this point no tax …

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Parking Garage Could Push Permits Up By $109 and Commuter Parking Garage Options Debated

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Free Weekend Parking to Start This Saturday

You will be able to park for free in Lots 1, 2 and 5.

If you're heading downtown on Saturday, you will be able to park for free in the largest parking lots. Township Administrator Tim Gordon confirmed Thursday free parking would start on Saturday in Lots 1, 2 and 5 in the downtown area. Lots 1 and 2 are on Essex Street between Lackwanna Place and Main Street, and Lot 5 is adjacent to Town Hall. Parking is already free on Sundays at all meters and in all parking lots. The Township Committee agreed to allow for free parking on Saturdays until the holiday season on a request by the Downtown Millburn Development Alliance. The free parking is due to the current economy and the current bridge construction project. Parking is free on all days through the holiday season. Gordon said the signs …

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Free Parking on Saturday Coming to Select Downtown Lots

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Free Parking on Saturday Coming to Select Downtown Lots

The parking would be free in Lots 1, 2 and 5.

Downtown shoppers may soon be treated to free parking on Saturdays in three of the large parking lots. The Township Committee has agreed to allow free parking in Lots 1, 2 and 5 on Saturdays on a request from the Downtown Millburn Development Alliance, but the start date of the free parking has yet to be set. Township Committee member Daniel Baer said Township Administrator Tim Gordon has to give the final approval to implement the free parking for this Saturday. Parking meters still will be enforced on the streets and in the other parking lots downtown. Lots 1 and 2 are along Essex Street between Lackawanna Place and Main Street, and Lot 5 is adjacent to Town Hall. The free parking on Saturdays is to be in place until the holiday season …

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Parking Changes for Millburn Avenue, Stop Sign in S. Mountain Proposed

Police bring the proposals to the Township Committee before an ordinance is formally introduced.

Stop signs and no parking could be the changes in one area of town. Millburn police officials are proposing no parking along the eastern end of Millburn Avenue and a stop sign in the South Mountain section at Southern Slope Drive and Parkview Drive. Police Chief David Barber presented the proposals during Tuesday's Township Committee meeting, but no officials ordinance change has been proposed to the committee yet. Between Vauxhall Road and the downtown area, there's no consistency in the signs and the parking requirements on Millburn Avenue, making it hard to enforce the parking rules, Barber said. The section of the road has a mishmash of signs from two hour parking allowed in some sections to no parking at any time signs, he said. There…

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Parking Garage Could Push Permits Up By $109

The cost could increase to accommodate the cost to construct the garage and maintain it.

Commuters could face an increase of $109-$147 in their permit fees if township officials elect to construct a parking deck at the Millburn Train Station. The Township Committee heard more details about what a parking deck would look like at Lot 2 and how much it potentially could cost during its meeting Tuesday night. Nothing official has been proposed and the presentation was focused on the next step in the feasibility study, and a second public meeting on the subject is planned for September. Officials are seeking to add around 200 parking spaces as a way to compensate for the average 150 cars that use the valet service at the train station and plan for the future. Tim Tracy, of Desman Associates, the consulting hired to do the …

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Commuter Parking Garage Options Debated

TheLocalGuy

4:42 pm on Wednesday, July 21, 2010

So the Township pays $225,000 for the valet service for 150 cars per day? At 150 cars per day and 365 days per year the total is $4.11 per car. I assume utilization of 365 days per year is incorrect so the price per car is even more expensive. Who is running the township and making these decisions? At $360 per year per parking permit the towns gross revenues for parking are $414,000. More than 1/…   more ›

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Humphreys Releases Parking Survey Results

Those surveyed said they want to see the existing parking permit fees to remain.

A survey of 110 commuters by a Township Committee candidate shows people want to maintain their current parking permit fees and most people use the train before 7:30 a.m. Peter Humphreys, running for the committee as a New Democrat, released the survey results during a recent Township Committee meeting and subsequently sent them to the media via e-mail. He distributed about 400 surveys during early May, and received 110 back, which is an approximate 28 percent return rate. The questions range in asking what part of town commuters live, what time they use the train, how many times per week they take the train and if they use the valet parking. One question also asks how much money people would pay for a parking permit and were given the …

J Doe

8:55 am on Friday, June 4, 2010

Again, agreed. Peter Humps would be a huge roadblock to the committee if he were elected. He has come out at various times in his comments for higher taxes, higher fees, worse road safety, less speeding enforcement, and personal attacks on committee members who's ideas he doesn't like. Please everyone, make our town a better place by saying no on election day to people like him, who want to use …   more ›

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Committee Candidate Surveying on Commuter Parking

Peter Humphreys has been out at the train station asking how people use the current parking.

The New Democrats candidate for Township Committee is polling commuters on how they currently use parking at the Millburn Train Station. Peter Humphreys, who is running for Township Committee, has been at the station the last three days speaking with commuters and distrubuting a survey. He's distributed about 400 surveys, and he said about 50 of them already have been returned via fax. "I want to find out what people are thinking," he said. "I had some good discussions with people." But the survey doesn't ask people if they want a parking deck or not at the train station. He's surveying the current use asking people if they use the valet service, how often they ride the train and what time they arrive at the train station. Humphreys said …

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Millburn Train Station, Commuter Parking Garage Options Debated, and Letter: Is a Parking Deck Necessary?

Zoinks

9:02 pm on Thursday, May 13, 2010

How do you spell grandstanding? H - u - m - p - h - r - e - y - s   more ›

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