By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer
A neighborhood meeting to discuss the Cherry Valley Road improvement project, which impacts Princeton and Montgomery Township residents, has been set for Feb. 15., The 7 p.m. meeting will be held in the Community Room at the Princeton Municipal Building at 400 Witherspoon St. in Princeton., Residents of Montgomery and Princeton are invited to attend the informational meeting, which will offer updates on the road-widening project and the tree removal associated with it. Work is expected to start in the summer., The project calls for widening a half-mile section of Cherry Valley Road, between its intersection with Cherry Hill Road and Jefferson’s Curve to the east. It will be widened from 20 feet to 34 feet., The plan also calls for installing Belgian block curbs on both sides of Cherry Valley Road, and an asphalt path on the Princeton side of the road. The asphalt path will be an extension of an existing asphalt path to the east., Additional drainage work is part of the project. The drainage ditches that line both sides of Cherry Valley Road will be filled in and water will be directed through underground pipes., The road widening will require the removal of some trees on Cherry Valley Road. This part of the project will start March 1 and should be completed by the end of the month. Red ribbons have been placed on trees slated for removal., Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert and Montgomery Township Administrator Donato Nieman will be on hand to answer questions., Representatives from the Princeton and Montgomery Township police departments, as well as from the two towns’ engineering departments, will attend the meeting. The Princeton municipal arborist also will be on hand to answer questions.
