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Cranbury Re-Opens Most Roads

Clean-up efforts continue in the Township.

The township is continuing its cleanup effort and all streets have been re-opened with the exception of the Hightstown-Cranbury Station Road Bridge, which connects Cranbury to East Windsor.

According to Cranbury police Chief Rickey Varga, the bridge appears like it sustained concrete damage in the foundation, and is currently impassable. The township is waiting for the county to inspect the bridge to see if there are additional problems.

The Lake Bridge over Brainerd Lake opened late yesterday, however, there is some erosion of the sidewalk on the southbound side from water overflowing the banks of the lake, according to Varga. A makeshift walkway was erected with a construction fence and cones, making it passable for pedestrians.

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“When school opens, it’s not going to be the safest place to walk so we wanted to put in the temporary walkway,” Varga said.

There are approximately four homes that remain without power, according to Varga.

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The Public Works department is working throughout the town, clearing streets of debris, cutting tree limbs and chipping them in machines.

“I am pleased with how well it went considering what happened,” Cranbury Mayor Winthrop Cody said. “The emergency personnel and public works did the best they could under the circumstances. I feel badly for the houses that were flooded, but our emergency workers responded in top fashion and minimized the impact.”

Varga’s evaluation of the emergency reaction is similar. He also said that he understands some residents’ frustrations.

“I think given the circumstances we did remarkably well. There was a lot of frustration and loss by residents and we will continue to work with them to ease their stress the best we can,” Varga said.

Residents who still have outages, concerns or hazardous situations should contact the police department.

“We will certainly do what we can but we have to be made aware of problems. We want to make recovery as quick and painless and effortless as possible. We can’t help unless we know there is a problem,” Varga said.

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