Local Road Updates: New Light at Dover and Main

Drivers, take note. Some ongoing construction projects, new traffic lights and more will change your commute around Toms River. 

Here's a list of some traffic changes in the area.

• Presidential Boulevard and Old Freehold Road at Route 166 have been realigned for the entrance of the Crossroads Center shopping center with Shop Rite there. Traveling north on Route 166, left hand turns are only allowed at the light, no longer allowed at the previous entrance where police were directing traffic.

• Crossing into South Toms River, the blinking traffic light at Dover Road and South Main Street is now a fully activated traffic light.

• In Holiday City, portions of Jamaica Boulevard remain closed for replacement of a bridge. The widening project means a detour through Holiday City. Construction is planned through April, according to the county roads department.

• Tree clearing work is ongoing at the grass shoulder of Route 571 at Indian Head Road and Intermediate North Way. Construction crews are on the shoulder opposite Intermediate North, working on the first phase of the Garden State Parkway interchange 83 project.

• No overnight work on either span of Route 37 Seaside bridge is scheduled this week, according to the DOT.