Another inconvenience for motorists along Route 50 in Tuckahoe next week. The New Jersey Department of Transportation will close Route 50 in both directions for three consecutive nights next week to install beams to be placed on the new bridge crossing the Tuckahoe River. The DOT has recommended motorists use an alternate route through Tuckahoe…
Upper Township republican voters have put Hobart Young and John Coggins on the November election ballot. Young and Coggins were challenged by Jon Grubb in the primary election. Grubb finished about 700 votes off the pace.
The State of New Jersey is encouraging shore bound traffic to avoid using Route 50 southbound through Tuckahoe this summer. The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced that a southbound detour to accommodate a bridge construction project will be in place during weekends this summer. The detour will continue all summer long and take motorists…
A major traffic detour in Upper Township for the upcoming holiday weekend. The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced that southbound traffic on Route 50 will be detoured away from a major construction project on the Tuckahoe River Bridge. Traffic will be detoured around the construction project to Route 49. The bridge has been under…
There is another vacancy on the Upper Township Board of Education. The Upper Township Gazette reports that a second vacancy on the Board needs to be filled now that Matthew Baldwin has resigned. Baldwin was elected as a write in candidate last year. The deadline for an individual to file a nominating petition for a…
More than 100 people showed up Tuesday night for the public hearing on whether or not to renew the operating permit for the B.L. England Generating Station in Upper Township. Protesters gathered outside the meeting at the Upper Township Municipal Building calling for the plant to be shut down. The Department of Environmental Protection has…
A public hearing will be held this evening in Upper Township on the future of the BL England Generating Station. The New Jersey DEP will hold a hearing to determine if the plant will be allowed to convert to natural gas, instead of being a coal fired plant. The meeting will be held at 7pm…
A local bridge will be closing at night for construction work. The Upper Township Gazette reports that the Tuckahoe River Bridge will be closing during the nighttime hours later this month to allow for the installation of three new beams for the bridge. The bridge connects Tuckahoe to Corbin City.
Both southbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway near the bridge in Upper Township should be open in the next couple of weeks. The New Jersey Highway Authority announced that both lanes will be open for summer, and will remain open during the summertime. A new bridge is being built next to the existing bridge,…
Taxes are going up in Upper Township. The Township Committee has approved a new budget that increases the local purpose tax rate by two cents. The tax levy in Upper Township will be slightly over $3 million this year. The Township’s budget is largely supported by revenue derived from the B.L. England generating station.