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Swimming
River Road -- Crosswalks
Swimming River Road is approximately one mile in length
with residential areas on both sides of the road and several
school bus stops. While sidewalks exist along some areas of
Swimming River Road, sidewalks are not continuous for the
entire length of Swimming River Road. Yet with significant
pedestrian traffic, school bus stops and a lack of continuous
sidewalks, there are currently NO crosswalks on Swimming River
Road. Consequently, the LVGA has asked the Monmouth County
Engineering Department to construct three crosswalks on Swimming
River Road at the locations of school bus stops. In
addition, we have asked the county to repaint the existing
crosswalks on Newman Springs Road with a wide, striped pattern.
The letter requesting this can be viewed here.
The county passed on our request for crosswalks to Middletown
Township and the Middletown Police reviewed the need for crosswalks
on Swimming River Road and reported to the Township Safety
Council. The analysis and recommendations by the Traffic Bureau
Commander, Lt. Henry, as well as former Mayor Hall's request
for the analysis can be viewed here.
A letter from then Middletown Township Administrator, Robert
Czech, to Joseph Ettore, Monmouth County Engineer, outlining
Middletown's position on the requested crosswalks can be viewed
here. Based upon Lt. Henry's
analysis, Middletown Township has denied the request for the
three requested crosswalks and proposed a single new crosswalk
at Oak Street.
The LVGA has been meeting with members of the township government
and police department to further discuss the need for and
placement of crosswalks along Swimming River Road. We urge
you to write to Mayor Scharfenberger at 1 Kings Hwy, Middletown,
NJ 07748 (or email through the township website at www.middletownnj.org)
and ask him to support crosswalks along Swimming River Road.
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