from Carole Feur of Meetinghouse Court, Princeton
The new “barricade” of Hillside Avenue is quite something. All of a sudden, the other night I was driving northbound on Route 206 towards my home, made a left onto Hillside and then left again onto Cherry Valley Road. I was met with a blockade and a new sign stating there is no left hand turn anymore. I knew this was coming in theory but for the past couple of days I have witnessed the effects of this firsthand.
If you are driving on Cherry Valley Road and want to head into town going South on Route 206 you must now go to the new pass through further up the road. The last couple of mornings there has been tremendous traffic trying to turn right onto Route 206 from this new road. The traffic has backed up onto Cherry Valley Road with cars waiting to make that right.
On the flip side, when you want to get back to Cherry Valley Road from Route 206, you must now use the new jughandle which is past Cherry Valley (one light) and then another light at the Cherry Valley/Princeton Avenue intersection. Unless, of course you want to cut through CVS and Commerce Bank.
Only in the state of New Jersey would we have all this complication and traffic for what purpose and outcome? So the residents of Hillside Avenue don’t have as much traffic? What about the residents of my neighborhood? I would like the leaders of our town to try this for a few days and see what happens. In the meantime, I sure hope no one needs an ambulance in my neighborhood.
Carole Feuer
Meetinghouse Court
Princeton

