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Route
520:
2007 |
New
CR520 Task Force Formed
A new CR520 Task Force, created by County Engineer, Joseph
Ettore, began meeting in January 2007. In addition to Mr.
Ettore, the Task Force included Mayor Scharfenberger and Committeeman
Hall, representatives of both the County and Middletown Township
planning, engineering and legal departments, local business
owners, and several members of the LVGA Board of Directors.
The purpose of the Task Force is to study what can be done
to improve traffic conditions and pedestrian safety along
Newman Springs Road from the GSP exit to the Brookdale Community
College entrance and to make appropriate recommendations.
In 2007 the Task Force focused its attention on the center
of Lincroft from Hurleys Lane to the main intersection at
CR50. Read more.
Brookdale Roundabout Opens
The long-awaited Brookdale roundabout officially opened
on August 30, 2007 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Although
many people were skeptical about the roundabout at first,
the roundabout is now well accepted and is considered a definite
improvement over the old light-controlled intersection. Read
an Asbury Park Press article here
and an Independent article here.
The Monmouth County "In
Focus" publication also had an article about the
roundabout with an overhead photo. Mounmouth County also made
a pamphlet,
explaining how to navigate the roundabout. The history
of the roundabout is found here.
Police enforcement
The LVGA has continually asked the Middletown Police Department
to enforce the speed limit on CR520. In the month following
the tragic accident of November, 2006, we were very happy
to see the Police Department actively enforcing the speed
limit. However, that did not last long, as witnessed by a
school bus driver who recently wrote two letters to the editor,
published in the Independent. Referring to a CR520 school
bus stop, Mr. Kenneth Hayes wrote, "Rarely do I discharge
schoolchildren without a vehicle running through my school
bus stop/red safety lights". (The full letter to the
editor can be viewed here.)
Read about news on CR520 in 2008 at CR520:
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