Tag: New Jersey Department of Transportation
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Keyport council OKs resolution conducting property investigation
KEYPORT The Borough Council approved a resolution authorizing the Planning Board to investigate whether certain properties should be designated as areas in need of redevelopment. The Local Redevelopment and Housing Law authorizes municipalities to determine whether certain parcels of land in the municipality constitute areas in need of redevelopment, according to the council agenda. To…
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Committee approves resolution to clean up vacant properties in Hazlet
Striving to clean up various vacant properties, the Hazlet Township Committee approved a resolution that will put a municipal lien on parcels that are neglected. The grass and weeds are overgrown on various properties in the township and the grass and weeds have created a hazardous condition to the health and welfare of the area…
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Improvements proposed for Finnegans Lane
Residents of North and South Brunswick may finally have their traffic concerns alleviated along Finnegans Lane. Two conceptual plans were identified by Michael Hritz, director of North Brunswick’s Department of Community Development, during a council meeting on Sept. 12 to address speeding, pedestrian safety and pedestrian access to bus stops from Route 1 to Route…
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Metuchen residents seek repaving
METUCHEN — Amboy Avenue may have been paved recently, but residents who live on intersecting streets of the county road petitioned Borough officials to do something about their streets, which have been plagued with cracks and potholes for what they said has been a very long time. The Amboy Avenue resurfacing project along Amboy Avenue…
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Bridge work will detour traffic for one night in Woodbridge July 5
WOODBRIDGE — New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials announced the overnight full closure of a Route 440 ramp to Route 9/Garden State Parkway (GSP), and a traffic shift on Route 440, as the Route 440 bridges over Route 9/GSP project advances in the township. Beginning at 11 p.m. July 5, until 5 a.m. the next day, NJDOT’s…
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Traffic alternatives planned for Carter’s Brook Bridge
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced a temporary lane closure and alternating traffic on Route 27 on the Carter’s Brook and Ten Mile Run Tributary culvert replacements project in Franklin and South Brunswick. Beginning at 8:30 p.m. on June 22 until 6 a.m. on June 23, DOT’s contractor,…
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Route 1 shoulder opens to traffic in South Brunswick on June 26
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) will begin its pilot project of utilizing the shoulder as a travel lane during peak commuting times along Route 1 in South Brunswick on June 26. The temporary project will allow cars to use the shoulder as a travel lane for a 1.9-mile stretch of…
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Route 1 plan to ease congestion in South Brunswick
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK – To alleviate traffic during rush hour, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) will allow motorists traveling through South Brunswick to use the shoulder as a travel lane for six months. Between Independence Way and Raymond Road, going both northbound and southbound on Route 1, a 1.5-mile…
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Lane closures on Route 1 south in Woodbridge
TRENTON — A series of overnight single and double lane closures on Route 1 southbound in Woodbridge will occur to accommodate ongoing construction on the Garden State Parkway (GSP) bridges that span the state highway, according to the The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA). On May 15, starting at…