 Posted: Mon, Jun 8 2015, 10:31 am EDT Post subject: Re: Liberty Way to ease warehouse truck traffic |
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| The purpose of the Liberty Way extension is provide a route for truck traffic to get to the Turnpike without using the already congested Route 130 and instead go through the warehouse zone. Even if Cranbury didn't build a single new warehouse, all the townships around us are. Route 130 is only going to get worse. The statistics are frightening. So many new trucks are expected over the next few years that they are measured in additional trucks per seconds.
The goal is not to route the traffic onto any of the Cranbury residential streets. The original plan, which is still an alternate in the Master Plan, does connect the road with the current dead-end at Old Trenton. That was always the plan even when the neighborhood there was build and Old Trenton was connected to Route 130. But the vast majority of the truck traffic would be coming from Route 130 and turning onto the new Liberty Way extension, or vice versa, not heading further up Old Trenton. However, there are additional wetlands conflicts, unrelated to where the bridge is proposed, right next to where the road would link up with Old Trenton, so it's unlikely the road will be connected to Route 130 at Old Trenton anyway. If you look at the Master Plan, the expected connection is instead a just a little ways over, right next to the new warehouse about to be built along Route 130, and that section will be paid for by the warehouse developer. Liberty Way crosses perpendicular to Station Road further down in the warehouse zone. There is no plans for it to terminate it there. The light and turning lanes at Station and Route 130 will be getting a major upgrade but that's not a Township project. I believe the TC is trying to get county and/or state money to to do the bridge at Liberty Way. I heard they had secured letters of support from all the neighboring townships who will share in the quagmire that will be Route 130 if something isn't done. I suspect it will be worse than now with or without the bridge but there is bad and there is really bad. |
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| Posted: Mon, Jun 8 2015, 8:38 am EDT Post subject: Re: Liberty Way to ease warehouse truck traffic |
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This is my thought too. Why would you want to route truck traffic from a highway (Rt. 130) to a smaller road (Old Trenton Rd) with Houses, Park, etc.? |
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| Posted: Sun, Jun 7 2015, 5:13 pm EDT Post subject: Re: Liberty Way to ease warehouse truck traffic |
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| Also you say route traffic away from Old Trenton Rd, but that is the connection to Liberty way. So routing traffic to Old Trenton is what would happen. | |
| Posted: Sun, Jun 7 2015, 5:11 pm EDT Post subject: Re: Liberty Way to ease warehouse truck traffic |
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| The point remains though how do you find the 8-12 million? The town can't get funds for Petty or Brickyard. As a taxpayer I would be opposed to taking on that amount of debt for a bridge.
So where does this money come from? How does it cost us if we do nothing? |
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| Posted: Sun, Jun 7 2015, 9:09 am EDT Post subject: Re: Liberty Way to ease warehouse truck traffic |
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This project could actually have significant direct benefits for many Cranbury neighborhoods and ultimately benefit the whole town. Done properly, this project would route much of the warehouse truck traffic, air and noise pollution away from primarily residential neighborhoods, such as Cranbury Green, Evan's tract, Maplewood, Cranbury Estates, Cranbury Walk and even Four Seasons and Shadow Oaks. When you consider that most of the town's residents live in those neighborhoods, it makes sense to consider the project and to try to find a way to fund it. One key issue with this project is how the road will tie into Rt. 130. In my opinion, we should all agree to guide traffic away from both Station Road and Old Trenton Road. It should also be noted that this project is an obligation to which the township committed and there are costs to not doing it. |
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| Posted: Fri, May 22 2015, 6:58 am EDT Post subject: Re: Liberty Way to ease warehouse truck traffic |
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| Do you have the 8-12 million dollars it's supposed to cost? I can't see spending that money. The bridge goes across wetlands and at a diagonal. I am glad the TC did not do this.
The truck traffic should be routed to Old Trenton Rd not Station Rd. Old Trenton is built for it. |
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| Posted: Thu, May 21 2015, 11:22 pm EDT Post subject: Re: Liberty Way to ease warehouse truck traffic |
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| How many years ago was this? Still not done. No surprise. Now with the new 300 acres plus of wonderful scenic warehouses on station road that will be built soon traffic is going to be horrible on 130 and station rd. | |
| Posted: Fri, Aug 17 2007, 5:34 pm EDT Post subject: Liberty Way to ease warehouse truck traffic |
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| Liberty Way to ease warehouse truck traffic
Years after construction began, Cranbury is still working to finish Liberty Way. The road, which runs from South River Road to Station Road, is expected to help divert truck traffic off the portion of Route 130 that runs through Cranbury by providing them with an easier way to get to N.J. Turnpike Exit 8A. Township Engineer Cathleen Marcelli could not provide an estimated date for completion, but said additional work on the road could start this month. She also was not sure how much the work scheduled to begin this month or next month will cost. She said the township has received bids from contractors for the Half Acre Road portion of the road. According to Ms. Marcelli, the project was awarded last month and should start within the next month. She said the township paid only the engineering cost for the southern portion of the Half Acre Road project and got state funding to cover the rest of the cost. ... (more) |
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