(Photo by Dick Bergeron -- Angled Front view of the Bridgewater Township Administration Building)On May 7th, Bridgewater’s New Municipal Complex formally opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony. But that was only to herald the opening of the Police Headquarters, and the Court and Meeting rooms.
The Administration building is the last major section to go and it needs a long-overdue revamp. The working conditions for some of the employees there are really cramped and inadequate for a modern municipal facility in Somerset County.
This week, when Priscille and I drove down to pay our real estate taxes (would you believe that this is the first time since we moved to Bridgewater over three decades ago that we had forgotten to pay on time!!) the corridor leading to the tax office was cluttered with basketballs – (or were they soccer balls?). There’s just no place to put stuff in the transition from work-in-progress to job completion.
Anyone who has been following my writing knows exactly how I feel about paying New Jersey’s exorbitant taxes. Nonetheless, we’ve spruced up older school facilities and built new school buildings in the Bridgewater-Raritan School District while neglecting Bridgewater’s municipal facilities far too long. It’s good to see the work moving ahead on Bridgewater’s new center.
p.s. Gheesh!! You’d think that after being an on-time tax-paying citizen all these years that the interest on the late payment (just a few days) would have been forgiven.
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