West Amwell Times

By: Mike Spille Updated to indicate proper surveying is occurring There has been some movement on the 25 Hewitt Road situation. Not necessarily all good, but some of it at least is in the right direction. But there is still a lot of work to do, and some government agencies still seem to be getting in the way more than helping. We gave an overview of the Township Committee Meeting where an extensive presentation was given by the 25 Hewitt Road owner's lawyer and engineer a few

With more storms forecast for tomorrow, including potentially extended torrential rain, Hewitt Road folks are nervous. There is no indication 25 Hewitt Road is ready for it. Some stormwater-theater occurred last week after the super-silt failed from the last storm. I call it theater for a simple reason: there was a lot of activity and stuff going on on the property, but little if any of it seems to be well-thought out, and it certainly doesn't look any more secure than it was

We have been fortunate that the last couple of storms missed West Amwell and swung North and South of our location. That luck ran out last night. West Amwell took a direct hit from overnight storms, with it being particularly bad between 3am and 5am. Our poor dogs were up all night. We got up at 6:15 to survey the damage on Hewitt Road from our problem child, 25 Hewitt Road. The tl;dr - the incomplete silt fence system failed at the corners, precisely as many people had predi