Saturday, June 9, 2012
County roadwork includes milling and paving
Commuters on Hooper Avenue should expect traffic delays around June 11, as the county roads department plans to repair the road near Oak Avenue. The Ocean County Roads Deparment announced the work of the major Toms River thorofare, which is also County Route 549, will begin around Monday, June 11. The project includes milling and paving of the roadway, along the area of Oak Avenue by the Ocean County Mall. Lane and road closures, as well as impact to the adjacent jughandles, may be part of the project, which aims to address the aging roadway's potholes and uneven pavement. Months prior, the county milled and repaved portions of the Silverton stretch of Hooper Avenue, addressing issues near Church and Silver Bay roads.
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Hooper Ave & Oak Ave, Toms River, NJ
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Roads department updates list of closures post-Irene
Wondering on the status of county road closures and detours? Here is what the county is doing heading into Thursday. Late Wednesday these roads had been reopened: Expected to be reopened late Wednesday were: Still closed are: Some road are also closed at culverts, including:
Freeholders say county saved money by using in-house crews
Ocean County will spend less than $1.5 million repairing roads approaching county bridges, guard rails and streets near culverts under highways, a price that would have been two or three times that much had private contractors been used instead of county Road Department crews, according to Freeholder John P. Kelly. No county bridges were damaged, but the massive walls of water sent gushing downstream by rains from Hurricane Irene undermined roads approaching those spans, in some cases in Jackson Township, creating caverns under the asphalt that could have swallowed cars or even dump trucks. By Friday, county officials expect all of the county roads that are still closed to be repaired and open. They are located in Toms River at the …
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
North side of Route 571 will be widened
Exasperated drivers will spend a lot less time waiting and cussing at the traffic light at Route 571 and Whitesville Road in Toms River once that intersection is rebuilt to widen both highways. That is the prediction of Ocean County Engineer Frank Scarantino, explaining that the average 105-second delay will be pared to 38 seconds when the improvements are completed next spring. If nothing is done the waits will get longer, he told the county’s freeholders, who are poised to approve advertising for bids for the project on today at 4 p.m. Scarantino said the north side of Route 571 will be widened, along with the west side of Whitesville Road to provide right turn lanes. A detention basin for stormwater will be built along Route 571 as well…
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Whitesville Rd & Cr-571, Toms River, NJ
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Lenny
4:02 pm on Monday, June 11, 2012
What a Hockenfrocken development this is !!!! more ›