Tag: New Jersey Department of Transportation
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Old Bridge officials seeking input on making Disbrow Road at Amboy Road a dead end street
OLD BRIDGE – Attempts to slow down traffic on Route 34, Disbrow and Amboy roads, has spanned more than two decades from the installation of solar stop signs, signage and police enforcement patrol. The latest proposed traffic safety concept is essentially making Disbrow Road a dead end street for people traveling from Lambertson Road crossing…
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Metuchen’s proposed 2020 municipal budget is ‘lean and mean’
METUCHEN – When Melissa Perilstein began her role as borough administrator in March, a proposed 2020 municipal budget was already set to be introduced at a council meeting. Then the novel coronavirus pandemic hit and the proposed municipal budget was revised twice since. “We were able to take about $94,000 out of the appropriation side,”…
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Columbia Avenue will undergo road improvements in 2021
Columbia Avenue in Hopewell Borough will receive mill and pave work for a portion of the road during the summer of 2021. The section is from Princeton Avenue to Elm Street. Borough Council members adopted a bond ordinance appropriating $330,000 on July 2 to fund the road project, which is being financially aided by a…
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Vacant gas station in Old Bridge will transform into ice cream parlor on Route 9; township officials expect to review community commercial zones
OLD BRIDGE – As township officials continue to review the township code and land development ordinances, applications sometimes pop up to remind officials why it’s important to review existing ordinances. That is what happened with an application for an ice cream parlor in a community commercial (CC) zone at 2203 Route 9 north. The application…
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Metuchen gains state support for 25 mph speed limit on length of Route 27, work on flashing crosswalks begin
METUCHEN – Just a few months after the entire lengths of all county roads in Metuchen had been reduced to 25 miles per hour, it is expected a length of state Route 27 will follow suit. To say Mayor Jonathan Busch, Council President Linda Koskoski and members of the council are ecstatic would be an…
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Novel coronavirus pandemic may delay the long-awaited installation of flashing crosswalks in Metuchen
METUCHEN – The novel coronavirus pandemic may delay what would have been a victory in moving the long-awaited federal Safe Routes to Schools grant forward. The Metuchen Borough Council, at a meeting on March 9, approved a resolution authorizing the award of a construction contract in the amount not to exceed $483,325.40 to JC Contracting…
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Sen. Troy Singleton addresses traffic-related concerns in Bordentown Township
State Sen. Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) issued a recent letter to Bordentown Township officials to address ongoing traffic concerns in the municipality. The letter from Sen. Singleton, dated Feb. 13, was read into public record at a Feb. 24 Bordentown Township Committee meeting by mayor Stephen Benowitz. Benowitz said that following a meeting with Sen. Singleton…
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Florence enters into financial agreement with developer
Florence Township has entered into a financial agreement with a developer. The Florence Township Council passed an ordinance on Dec. 18, which approved a financial agreement with IPT Florence West Urban Renewal, LLC. When the ordinance was introduced at a Dec. 4 meeting, municipal officials explained that the developer of the former Griffin Pipe site…
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Bordentown Township receives grant aimed for Groveville Road improvements
Improvements are aimed for Groveville Road in Bordentown Township after it was recently announced that the municipality received grant monies for roadway resurfacing. Bordentown Township officials released a Dec. 9 announcement that the municipality was awarded a grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) for a resurface project on Groveville Road. The DOT…
