In April of 2022, the Highland Park Town Tables will return to North 4th and South 3rd Avenues. Opening these roads to pedestrians, diners, and anyone else in town is a great benefit, and they should be a permanent feature of Highland Park’s downtown. 

Why do we love the Town Tables?

They’re a great place to eat or work outdoors.

They provide a safe place for families to spend time.

They make Highland Park more walkable.

They help bring foot traffic to Highland Park businesses. 

They give space back to people, making it accessible to everyone, instead of limiting it to automobile drivers. 

 

If you support opening these roads to pedestrians and other uses, reducing the footprint for dangerous, polluting cars, and having permanent spaces for people, here’s what you should do:

Sign this petition and share it to get your neighbors and friends to sign. 

Contact local and state officials and tell them you want to see the Town Tables made into permanent features of Highland Park’s downtown. When you contact people in support of the Town Tables, provide a reason why! For example, you use them every month/week/multiple times per week/etc., you support less car infrastructure and a people-focused downtown, you want to make the downtown more accessible to foot traffic, you enjoy having a place to work or dine outdoors, or any other reason you support making the Town Tables permanent. 

 

The Mayor and Borough Council:

Mayor Gayle Brill Mittler: gbrillmittler@hpboro.com 
Councilmember Tara Canavera: tcanavera@hpboro.com
Councilmember Elsie Foster: efoster@hpboro.com 
Councilmember Phil George: pgeorge@hpboro.com 
Councilmember Matt Hale: mhale@hpboro.com 
Councilmember Matthew Hersh: mhersh@hpboro.com 
Councilmember Stephanie Kim Chohan: skimchohan@hpboro.com 

 

Our State Senator and Assemblymen:

Use this link for a convenient way to contact all three (just check all three boxes at the top): https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislative-roster/387/Diegnan/contact

Or you can call their offices:

Senator Patrick J. Diegnan Jr.: (908) 757-1677
Assemblyman Robert J. Karabinchak: (732) 548-1406
Assemblyman Sterley S. Stanley: (732) 875-3833
 

 

New Jersey Department of Transportation:

Diane Gutierre-Scaccetti, Commissioner, NJDOT

Diane.Scaccetti@dot.nj.gov

609-963-1935
 

Vanessa Holman, Deputy Chief of Staff, NJDOT – Commissioner’s Office

Vanessa.Holman@dot.nj.gov

609-963-1944
 

Charles R. Reilly, Supervisor, Traffic Investigations

Bureau of Traffic Engineering

CharlesR.Reilly@dot.nj.gov

609-963-1761
 

Altin Aliaj, Supervising Engineer

Bureau of Traffic Engineering

Altin.Aliaj@dot.nj.gov

609-963-1751
 

Jamie Oplinger, Executive Manager

Bureau of Traffic Engineering

Jaime.oplinger@dot.nj.gov

609-530-3854

 

Megan Fackler, Director, Government & Community Relations

megan.fackler@dot.nj.gov

609-963-1982

 

Did you read all the way to the end? Great! Please sign and make some phone calls or send some emails. Thank you for your support!