Tag: New Jersey Department of Transportation
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Route 206 Doctor’s Way to Valley Road project breaks ground
The one-mile stretch on Route 206 from Doctor’s Way to Valley Road is “up to bat” for expansion, as Gov. Phil Murphy stated at the groundbreaking ceremony of the project on April 27 in Hillsborough. Route 206 will be widened into four lanes between Doctor’s Way and Valley Road and brings Hillsborough Township and the…
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Warehouse proposal could lead to new connector road in Bordentown
In 2018, Bordentown Township was awarded a $2.1 million grant through the Local Freight Impact Fund of the New Jersey Department of Transportation based on a regional traffic study to build a connector road between Rising Sun Road and Dunns Mill Road. A plan that has been “three years in the making” as said by…
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Much-needed roadway improvements get boost from state funding in Monroe
MONROE – Much needed municipal roadway improvements on North State Home Road, Lower Matchaponix Avenue and a section of Spotswood Gravel Hill Road will get a boost in state funding. Township officials announced Monroe has secured $609,250 from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) municipal aid program in a release on Feb. 17. The…
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Freehold Borough receives $400K to improve pedestrian access to bus station
FREEHOLD – State officials have awarded Freehold Borough a $400,000 grant to improve pedestrian access to the town’s bus station. In a press release, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the award of $1.8 million in Safe Streets to Transit program grants to seven municipalities. Freehold Borough was one of the seven municipalities…
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Jamesburg council will submit grant application for road repairs to DOT
JAMESBURG–The Borough Council approved a resolution authorizing the submission of a New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) grant application to fund Grand Street and McKnight Avenue road repairs. Borough Administrator Scott Frueh said currently the borough rotates paving projects and it was determined that these streets were in need of repair. The borough will apply…
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DOT seeks to improve safety issues at Cranbury Circle
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced a multi-stage years-long process to develop plans and construct improvements to Cranbury Circle. The Cranbury Circle intersection involves Route 130, Middlesex County County Road 539 (North Main Street) and Cranbury Turnpike, as well as Wyckoff Mill Road. South Main Street and Brick Yard Road are the…
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Much-needed traffic light coming to the intersection of Route 34 and Amboy Road in Old Bridge
OLD BRIDGE – A much-needed traffic light at the intersection of Route 34, a state highway, and Amboy Road is expected to be installed next summer. Councilwoman Debbie Walker read a letter during a council meeting on Dec. 14 that Township Engineer Nicole Shapiro wrote to township officials announcing the traffic light, which has been…
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Silver Lake Avenue residents petition against proposed warehouse, say area not fit to be a mini Raritan Center
EDISON – Mary Snyder stood with some of her neighbors at the corner of Glendale and Silver Lake avenues looking out at the vacant property proposed for a warehouse with offices. “I’ve been here 50 years,” she said on Nov. 8. Snyder’s residence on Silver Lake Avenue was the reason the Planning Board stopped the…
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Infrastructure improvements for one-mile stretch of Metuchen’s Main Street in preliminary design phase, public comment accepted through Oct. 30
METUCHEN — The movement to fix the ongoing problem with trucks striking the Main Street Amtrak railroad bridge, which has an 11-foot, 2-inch clearance, began with a call from a borough police officer to the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. “We looked at the crash data and conversations began with Middlesex County, which is responsible…
