Plans call for the speed limit on Main Street from MacArthur Avenue to Washington Road to be reduced from 30 mph to 25 mph. Middlesex County has officially approved the change, so the next step is Borough Council approval. An ordinance is scheduled to be introduced at the July 21 meeting.
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There is some good news for fans of the long-awaited Essex-Hudson Greenway in North Jersey: work is officially underway.
The second phase of the long awaited-replacement of a bridge and S-curve straightening on South Branch Road will get underway next month.
Appointments to get a Real ID drivers license upgrade at New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission agencies are still in short supply, and if you do get one it might be as far out as October.
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The massive Pulaski Skyway rehabilitation project that started in April 2014 now ranks as New Jersey’s most expensive highway project, at over $1.7 billion spent, and it isn’t done yet.
The sight of a Waymo autonomous ride share vehicle seen in downtown Jersey City and shared on Reddit had hopes soaring. Could New Jersey’s second largest city be next in line for the self-driving vehicles for hire?
A high-speed rail line hopes to connect Los Angeles to New York City in time for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. A proposal — dubbed “The Transcontinental Chief” and pitched to Amtrak as well as President Trump and his secretary of transportation, Sean Duffy — would shoot riders between the country’s two biggest cities in just 72 hours.
Three notorious left turn lanes near the Memorial Parkway Post Office in Phillipsburg will be permanently restricted. Construction on the left lanes could begin as early as Wednesday, July 16.
Travelers rejoice – the days of taking your shoes off at the airport have come to an end. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the policy change July 8, which has been in effect since 2006. The move allows passengers to keep their shoes on while passing through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints at domestic airports.
It may be just another road in New Jersey to some, but you could call a brand new underpass in North Bergen the gateway to the Gateway Tunnel. “We’re building an underpass so that the tunnel boring machines can actively go back and forth underneath Tonnelle Avenue,” said John Schweppenheiser, a construction manager with Niak Consulting, one of many contractors on the Gateway Tunnel project.