
Citizen voices are needed to urge the US Army Corps of Engineers to arrive at a solution to Rahway River flooding. Cranford Township Committee candidates Deirdre Koczur and Michael Petrucci have asserted that the community has to take this issue on with urgency. The recent US Army Corps of Engineers schedule is study completion in 2027 and it doesn't yet have the funding to complete the study. The issue is many of the items being reviewed were already assessed with economic, environmental and community input yet it appears they will go over the same alternatives again. And they can also decide to walk away as they did in 2019. Given the serious public safety issues and damages to homes and public buildings during past storms, action is needed sooner than later.