NEW JERSEY – A New Jersey Department of Transportation project will improve Route 70 in several Ocean and Monmouth county locations.
The project began on December 1, closing shoulders on the road in Pemberton in Burlington County through Riverview Drive in Brielle in Monmouth County. This part of the project involves pavement rehabilitation and improvements. Milling and pavement is expected to begin in spring.null
According to the DOT, the $12.9 million project will improve safety at six intersections and repair more than 14 miles of deteriorated pavement in three counties. There will also be curb and sidewalk work, and ramps compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
New guiderails will be installed, drainage improvements will be made, and traffic signals will be updated at the following intersections:
- Orchard Street – Lakehurst
- Colonial Drive – Manchester Township
- Buckingham Drive – Manchester Township
- Whitesville Road/CR 527 – Toms River Township
- Massachusetts Ave – Toms River Township
- Airport Road – Lakewood Township
Work is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, weather permitting, throughout the winter. The entire project is expected to be done by fall of 2022.
The first section will be Woodland and Pemberton in Burlington County. This will be followed by the Manchester work. After that will be Lakehurst, Toms River, and Lakewood. The final section will be Brick through Brielle.
This spot in this picture needs to be fixed…..coming out of Whiting???? that’s a STOP….what a joke….they speed up and run the stop half the time.
Deadly road
Too bumpy where concrete blocks come together
All of rt 70 needs to be at least 2 lanes each direction… it’s not the 70’s anymore.
Worst part is, it would be so easy. Most is in the woods.
NJ 70 needs to be widened to a modern highway the whole stretch. Two lanes in each direction, with a divider and maybe jug handles?
Ocean County Scanner News never happen from Lakehurst west because of Pine Barrens.
Wait till all the building happens on both sides in Lakewood. 70 is going to be a nightmare. I came from Union County and experienced the parking lot known as Route 22. Didn’t realize when I moved down here that it was going to be a duplicate.
Is traffic that bad on a daily basis?
Like the redundant rt 9 roadwork isn’t enough
I drove rt 70 through Whitting for years and most of the accidents were because of idiots passing multiple cars at once that are already going at least 10mph over the speed limit. Only to get the red light and then they pull into Wawa. So making it wider is only safer to go 90mph. How about driving safer and pass only when it’s legal and safe???