Tag: road improvements

  • State is resurfacing 3 miles of Route 33 in Freehold and Howell

    State is resurfacing 3 miles of Route 33 in Freehold and Howell

    New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) officials have announced a resurfacing project that will require shoulder, lane and ramp closures along 3 miles of Business Route 33 between Freehold and Howell. Work was expected to begin on July 5 and to continue daily for several weeks or until completion, according to a press release. The…

  • Upper Freehold plans to complete road improvements

    Upper Freehold plans to complete road improvements

    UPPER FREEHOLD – The Township Committee is taking action to enact improvements on Upper Freehold’s roads. On June 14, committee members introduced a bond ordinance that will, if adopted, appropriate $3.5 million for road improvements and authorize the issuance of $2.88 million in bonds or notes to finance part of the costs. According to the…

  • Princeton officials calling on state to make Nassau Street safer

    Princeton officials have asked the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to investigate ways to make Nassau Street safer, with the request coming less than a year after a pedestrian was killed downtown while crossing an intersection on the state road. Specifically, the municipality wants the DOT to focus on the Bayard Lane to Harrison Street…

  • Millstone Township officials adopt road improvement ordinance

    Millstone Township officials adopt road improvement ordinance

    MILLSTONE – Municipal officials have advanced a project to improve some of Millstone Township’s roads during 2018. On June 6, members of the Township Committee adopted a bond ordinance that will provide an appropriation of $900,000 for the 2018 road improvement program. The ordinance authorizes the issuance of $617,500 in bonds or notes to finance part…

  • Project will realign Halls Mill Road in two towns, improve conditions on Route 524

    Project will realign Halls Mill Road in two towns, improve conditions on Route 524

    Significant road improvements to Halls Mill Road and Elton-Adelphia Road (Route 524) in Freehold Township and Howell are expected to be completed by the summer of 2021 and will include wider roads, new traffic signals and new bridges. The project will be federally funded and construction will take place over 1.9 miles. An estimate for…

  • Millstone Township officials will issue bonds for road improvements

    Millstone Township officials will issue bonds for road improvements

    MILLSTONE – Municipal officials are advancing a project to improve Millstone Township’s roads during 2018. On May 16, members of the Township Committee introduced a bond ordinance that, if adopted, will provide an appropriation of $900,000 for the 2018 road improvement program. The ordinance authorizes the issuance of $617,500 in bonds or notes to finance part…

  • Residents may comment on planned road improvements

    Residents may comment on planned road improvements

    Public hearings will be conducted in Howell and Freehold Township on May 31 to give residents the opportunity to learn about and comment on a road project that will touch both municipalities. Monmouth County is proposing safety improvements which will include realignment and road widening to approximately 1.94 miles of Halls Mill Road, Elton-Adelphia Road…

  • Diner construction plans stall with denial of waiver by county panel

    Diner construction plans stall with denial of waiver by county panel

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Nine months after the owner of a Freehold Township diner received municipal approval to reconstruct the business that was destroyed by a fire in 2016, the restaurant remains a charred shell. A Monmouth County freeholder said this week a county body has denied the owner a waiver from a required site plan…

  • Municipalities will receive funding for road improvements

    Municipalities will receive funding for road improvements

    Farmingdale, Freehold Township, Howell, Manalapan, Marlboro, Millstone Township and Jackson are the local municipalities that will receive state funding to assist in the completion of road improvement projects. On Feb. 21, Gov. Phil Murphy announced the largest amount of Municipal Aid grant awards in New Jersey Department of Transportation history, crediting the recent gas tax…