Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The 12-week pilot project will restrict left and U-turns on Route 1 at Washington Road and Harrison Street.
The pilot project restricting left turns and U-turns on Route 1 at Washington Road and Harrison Street will begin by Saturday, according the New Jersey Department of Transporation. The project will continue for approximately 12 weeks. The new traffic pattern will affect residents and commuters who travel in and out of Princeton. When the pilot begins, drivers will not be able to turn left from Route 1 north onto Harrison or Washington. Instead, drivers can use Alexander Road to go into Princeton, or Scudder’s Mill Road to Route 1 south. The New Jersey Department of Transportation is trying to reduce congestion at those intersections where the rightmost of three lanes becomes crowded with motorists waiting to make left turns, particularly …
Friday, July 27, 2012
The 12-week pilot project will restrict left and U-turns on Route 1 at Washington Road and Harrison Street.
A pilot project to restrict left turns and U-turns on Route 1 at Washington Road and Harrison Street in West Windsor will begin on Monday, Aug. 6 and continue for approximately 12 weeks, according to the West Windsor Police Department. The new traffic pattern will affect residents and commuters who travel in and out of Princeton. When the pilot begins, drivers may no longer turn left from Route 1 north onto Harrison or Washington. Instead, drivers will be directed north to Scudder’s Mill Road and onto Route 1 south. The New Jersey Department of Transportation seeks to reduce congestion at those intersections where the rightmost of three lanes becomes crowded with motorists waiting to make left turns, particularly during peak travel periods…
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Determining the success of the 12-week pilot program will be difficult to quantify, New Jersey DOT official says.
The left-hand jughandle that turns off Route 1 north at Washington Road and Harrison Street in West Windsor will close for 12 weeks beginning either July 30 or Aug. 6, according to Joseph Dee, director of communications at the state's Department of Transportation. The pilot program aims to reduce congestion along Route 1 north through Lawrenceville, West Windsor and Plainsboro, and is expected to affect the roadway from Lawrenceville through to South Brunswick. What’s still unclear is what will determine the project’s success or failure. Local business owners pressed Dee for an answer at a recent transportation forum that included members from Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce and Capital Region …
Monday, April 16, 2012
West Windsor police report two people were flown from the scene in helicopters to Trenton trauma center.
A couple from New Brunswick, Canada, was injured when their motor home flipped after being struck on Route 1 in West Windsor on Monday afternoon. Verne and Louise Beers, of Lower Woodstock, were flown to Capital Health Regional Medical Center after being extricated from their overturned motor home. Shortly before 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Verne Beers, 68, was listed in serious condition and Louise Beers, 55, was listed in fair condition, according to a hospital spokesperson Don MacNeill. The Beers were driving a 1987 Ford motor home north on Route 1 when they were struck at 3:29 p.m. by a 2006 Kia driven by Fady Abdelhady, 22, of King of Prussia, Pa., just north of the Quakerbridge Road overpass, said Sgt. Thomas Tarr, of the West …
JP Gibbons
5:20 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Just another project that sounds good during meetings or coffee breaks but no pe-established measurements for determining if it is moving in the right direction. Why would we want the DOT to have thought this through before implementing it? Just hopeful I guess. Near Exit 8A off the turnpike they redesigned the traffic flow several times and spent lots of taxpayers money just to return it to what… more ›