The Township of Lyndhurst NJ REQUIRES all homeowners to repair their sidewalks! See below.
Sidewalk repair as well as maintenance in the State of New Jersey is the responsibility of the abutting home proprietor. Plenty of house owners are not aware of this ordinance and they assume that their city or state is liable for fixing battered sidewalks. In most cases, the property proprietor will employ contractors to make the repair or their city will contract the work but will charge the home proprietor for 100% of the cost. In 2012, the borough of Highland Park in New Jersey launched a program that required home owners to preserve broken sidewalks adjacent to their homes. Your city or borough can be next!
A lawsuit waiting to happen…
House owners in Lyndhurst are liable for upholding the sidewalks in front of their buildings. When they fail to adequately repair their sidewalks, they become liable for the injuries that pedestrians experience. These pedestrians that hurt themselves because of your defective sidewalk have the legal right to sue you since you are the property owner. There are also plenty of lawyers that love to follow through with these kinds of premise liability cases, which will amount to a lot of money in the long run. Many estate owners in the State of New Jersey have been taken to court due to their laxity or the lack of knowledge in regards to sidewalks and responsibility.
Your municipality or borough can also send you a notice requiring you to repair your sidewalk. Failure to conform within a limited time frame will result in fines. Spare yourself a lawsuit and fines by contracting a sidewalk repair company ASAP!
Types of Sidewalk Defects
There are many types of defective sidewalks that can prove dangerous for Lyndhurst pedestrians.
- Tree roots: When sidewalks go too long without repair, tree roots may cause them to become uneven.
- Collapsed sidewalks: Severely damaged sidewalks may have large parts caved in or separated from the rest of the walkway. This type of a situation certainly poses a serious fall hazard.
- Trip hazards: It is easy to trip and fall on large cracks that cut across poorly maintained sidewalks.
- Improper slope: Uneven sidewalks may have large portions that do not line up with the rest of the walkway.
- Patchwork: In an effort to save money on repairs, it is common to see inadequate patchwork jobs on specific locations that make the sidewalk surface uneven.
- Missing cobblestones and bricks: It is necessary to properly maintain walkways that are not made from concrete to ensure the safety of pedestrians.
Lyndhurst NJ Sidewalk Repair Contractors
Hiring a sidewalk contractor to repair your defective sidewalk is the ideal solution to avoid any lawsuits or fines from your municipality. HOLESSolutions, a Clifton based infrastructure repair company, specializes in sidewalk repair. With plenty of crews working throughout Northern New Jersey, HOLESSolutions is highly capable of repairing your sidewalk within a few hours which in turn will minimize liability and improve the look of your property’s aesthetics tremendously. Available 24 hours a day/7 days a week, you can dial 973-779-4653 to get your sidewalk repaired expertly!