The intersections of Hope Chapel Road / Miller Road in Lakewood and West County Line Road / Brookwood Parkway at the Lakewood / Jackson border are slated to soon receive new traffic signals under separate contracts to be awarded today by the Ocean County Board of Commissioners.
The project includes installation of an eastbound left turning lane from County Line Road onto Brookwood Parkway. The new traffic signal will include a left turning arrow to provide 10-13 seconds for protected lead left turns. Additionally, guide lines will be striped to assist left turning traffic to ensure no one crashes into the median boulevard. A right turning arrow will be installed on Brookwood Parkway to keep that traffic flowing while County Line Road traffic has protected left turns.
Hope Chapel Road southbound already has a left turning lane. The new traffic signal will include a left turning arrow to provide 10-13 seconds for protected lead left turns. A right turning arrow will be installed on Miller Road to keep that traffic flowing while Hope Chapel Road traffic has protected left turns.
The project includes relocation of curb, sidewalk, and utilities including new fire hydrants and drainage system improvements. That prerequisite work will likely take a number of months before the traffic signals can be installed.
Right-of-way acquisition is already underway and will also need to be completed before the project can commence.
The Ocean County Board of Commissioners are expected, later today, to formally award the contract for the Hope Chapel Road/ Miller Road intersection traffic signal to Earle Asphalt Company for $1,143,513.13, and for the County Line Road/ Brookwood Parkway intersection traffic signal to J.C. Contracting for $338,877.
County Line Road is a continuing project for the county’s engineering department.
In March 2019 the then-Ocean County Board of Freeholders awarded a $1,625,202.67 contract to C.J. Hesse Inc., of Forked River, New Jersey, for widening of the County Line Road/ Brook Road with left turning lanes as well as installation of associated drainage basin on Brook Road to collect the water runoff that will be caused by the additional impervious coverage of the new travel lanes. New curbing was also installed along Brook Road.
This project is already substantially complete.
In October 2021, the Ocean County Board of Commissioners awarded a $267,521.60 contract to J.C. Contracting, Inc. of Rahway, NJ for installation of a new traffic signal at County Line Road and Teaberry Court. Work on that project is also underway.
The Ocean County Engineering Department is also planning major improvements to the intersections of Ridge Avenue and Joe Parker as well. The Ocean County Board of Commissioners recently approved funding for that upcoming project. The project has not yet gone out to bid.
As previously reported here on FAA News, using federal funds, Ocean County and the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority will soon begin a comprehensive study to bring long-term major traffic improvements to address congestion and safety along portions of Squankum Road and County Line Road in Lakewood.
Solicitation of bids on this study were recently completed and the contract is expected to be awarded in February.
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