January 2017 | Business View Magazine

86 87 linden, New jersey improvements; we’ve gotten money for sewers, recreation facilities, libraries, and parks.” Vircik mentions another major project in Linden’s downtown, central business district: “We’re going to add brand new decorative side- walks and light poles, and landscaping to try and beautify downtown while increasing pedestrian safety,”he says. “We’re going to widen the side- walks, reduce the width of the street, and in this way, if there’s a restaurant or two, they can have outside dining and we’ll have a safer couple of blocks for pedestrians to cross the street.” Regarding its other infrastructure needs, Arm- stead reports that Linden has always been very consistent with its capital budget allocations for streets and sewers. “We capitalize our budget, every year, to keep our infrastructure up to date,” he declares. “In 2014, we did $1.2 140 Eleventh Street Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 Phone: 732-968-9400 Fax: 732-968-8880 TRAFFIC SIGNALS SPORTS LIGHTING SITE LIGHTING INFO@FAI-GON.COM