State funds to go to Liberty Way

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Cranbury to receive grant

The township will received state funding to help pay for construction of Liberty Way.

Cranbury is getting a $255,000 grant to put toward construction of the road, which runs from South River Road to Station Road and is designed to divert truck traffic from the township's section of Route 130 to N.J. Turnpike Exit 8A.

The money comes from the $78.75 million 2007 Transportation Trust Fund Municipal Aid Program, according to a press release from Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein, whose district includes Cranbury Township.

The portion of the road that has been completed so far has been paid for through a number of grants and by warehouse developers whose buildings border the road.

Township Administrator Tom Witt said the township applied for the Transportation Trust Fund grant and was hopeful that it would receive money for the project.

"We apply every year and every year we've been successful in at least getting some money," he said. "We were very optimistic when we applied to the grant that we would receive some funding since there's prior history of them funding the Liberty Way project."

Mr. Witt said he does not know yet what part of the project the money will go toward.

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