One detour has been lifted on a major bridge project in Upper Township. The southbound detour at the Tuckahoe River Bridge has been lifted for Sundays, for the remainder of the summer. The New Jersey Department of Transportation is reconstructing the bridge and detours had been in place to allow workers time to get the…
A body was recovered in the Tuckahoe River on Saturday. State Police were searching for a missing person in the river and found the body on the shore of the river on Saturday afternoon. Police say the body will not be identified until after the weekend. A search began on Thursday when a man…
The new bridge on the Garden State Parkway will ensure the roadway is safer, but also could help people get out of town if Cape May County has to evacuate. Upper Township Mayor Richard Palumbo told Coastal Broadcasting that the southbound bridge, which is three lanes, would go reverse lane strategy in the event of…
About six miles of road will be repaved in Upper Township this winter. Upper Township committee is planning to go out to bid on the work soon. The project is expected to improve various roads in the township. There is also plans to do additional work in future years as apart of the township’s overall…
Some residents of Strathmere have told the Upper Township Committee that they are sick of jitneys running on many streets in their community. The Upper Township Gazette reports that residents told the Committee that restaurants started offering jitney service several years ago, and now jitneys are running on side streets as late as 4:00am. Upper…
Major work is coming to the Roosevelt Boulevard Bridge in Ocean City. The project will replace decking on the bridge which will be reduced to one lane of traffic during the next two off seasons. The work is expected to begin after Columbus Day weekend in 2016 and wrap up before Memorial Day weekend, 2018.
A major traffic detour in Upper Township will be in place on Monday, July 4th. The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced that a southbound weekend detour in place for all weekends this summer will be extended to Monday, July 4th, from 2pm until 8pm. The detour is to navigate traffic around a bridge reconstruction…
Southbound traffic on the Garden State Parkway should be using the new Parkway bridge between Upper Township and Somers Point sometime in August. The Upper Township Gazette reports that the new bridge will be open soon, and traffic in both directions will be using the bridge by October at the latest.
A major portion of a bridge reconstruction project in Upper Township has been completed ahead of schedule, and overnight detours are no longer needed. The New Jersey DOT announced that overnight detours are no longer needed this week at the Tuckahoe River Bridge on Route 50 because work was completed ahead of schedule. Detours will…
A Township Committee meeting has been moved in Upper Township. Township officials have decided to move the second meeting of the month up to next Monday, June 20th, instead of being held the following week. Scheduling conflicts have resulted in moving the meeting up by one week. Monday’s meeting begins at 7:30pm.