A crucial section of 7th Street in Lakewood, NJ was scheduled for closure and detours starting Monday, but local officials have successfully postponed it.
The closure was planned for the short stretch between Mary’s Lane and Park Avenue for railroad crossing repairs, which would have exacerbated the town’s notorious traffic congestion.
The closure, now rescheduled for the week of Tisha B’Av, aims to replace and rebuild the current railroad crossing with new concrete crossings and asphalt approaches.
This project, funded by federal money, is part of the New Jersey Transportation Department’s railroad grade-crossing safety program, which annually repairs, upgrades, or removes around 50 crossings statewide.
{Matzav.com}