For
Immediate Release:
February 8, 2021
County
to upgrade intersection at CR520 and Conover Road/Boundary Road
MARLBORO, NJ – On behalf of the Monmouth County
Board of County Commissioners, Commissioner Director Thomas A. Arnone recently
announced that the County is currently in design development to upgrade the
intersection at County Route 520 (Newman Springs Road) and Conover
Road/Boundary Road in Marlboro.
“The intent of this project was to provide for
safety enhancements at the intersection, by improving the vertical and
horizontal alignments; however, the geometry improvements were limited by the
proximity of an existing residential structure at the southwest corner,” said
Commissioner Director Arnone, liaison to the Department of Public Works and Engineering.
“When the property at the southwest corner came up for sale in the winter of
2020, Monmouth County purchased the property, which will allow for us to adjust
the roadway alignments and improve the safety enhancements as originally
intended.”
The County applied and received a Demolition Permit
in January 2021 and the Department of Public Works and Engineering has started
preparing the site for the demolition. The demolition of the structure is
planned for early spring of this year and is anticipated to take two to four
weeks.
The new intersection will have dedicated left turn
lanes on County Route 520 to provide safe turning movement onto Conover Road
and Boundary Road. A modern fully
actuated traffic signal is proposed along with pedestrian crosswalks and
American with Disabilities Act compliant curb ramps. Conover Road and Boundary
Road will be realigned, eliminating the existing roadway offset.
In total, the County maintains approximately 1,000
lane miles of roads, 924 bridges and culverts and 239 traffic signals and
beacons.
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