PATERSON, N.J. (PIX11) -- There’s nothing stately about a stretch of Presidential Boulevard in Paterson, New Jersey, where this weekend’s rough weather once again flooded it and other streets.
Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said his administration is doing what it can through a combination of borrowing and pleading for more help – specifically, money – from the federal government.
"We found the funding. And it requires relining more than 60% of the sewer. We're going to advocate to our federal partners to get us more funding to help mitigate some of the conditions that arise as a result of rain," said Sayegh.
Farther east in Englewood, Bergen County, David Coleman and his neighbors along Glenbrook Parkway are just beginning to dry out from the rain and windstorm – again.
They were excited to hear about a new influx of federal dollars for Englewood and surrounding towns to address aging infrastructure.
"I'm not an engineer but somehow to make it so that when we get the kind of rain events that we got recently, the street doesn't turn into a river and our basements don't get flooded," said Coleman.
New Jersey Congressman Josh Gottheimer visited Englewood Monday to announce some $4.7 million in federal funding he secured to address flooding concerns.
"In most cases, our towns and cities simply can't afford to make significant investments like these on their own," said Gottheimer.
- There’s $1.4 million for Englewood to install new detention basins to prevent contaminants in stormwater from running into natural streams and creeks.
- $1.6 million is going to Tenafly to help clean up two major waterways to increase flood mitigation.
- $959,000 for Emerson to modernize century-old drainage infrastructure.
- and $700,000 for Leonia to rehab its aging sewer system and drainage system
Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes said collaboration is key.
"We cannot do work in one community without having an effect in another community," said Wildes.
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