FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 24, 2012

Detours have been posted

MARLBORO, NJ – The section of Newman Springs Road (County Route 520) between State Highway 34 and the intersection of Conover Road / Boundary Road will be closed from 10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 until 5 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 for emergency pump out work in the area of Hop Brook and a county culvert (A-19).

The small culvert under Newman Springs Road is blocked and water is building up on the upstream, north side.

“By pumping out the water that has accumulated, we will avoid a spillover and, if temperatures fall, a freezing condition on the roadway,” said Thomas A. Arnone, liaison to the county’s public works and engineering department. “The pump out is also needed before replacement of the blocked culvert can begin.”

“The county has applied for an emergency permit approval from the NJ Department of Environmental Protection to replace the 50-year old culvert,” county engineer Joseph Ettore said. “We are optimistic that this project will move forward in a timely manner.”

Route 520 will be closed to all vehicular traffic while the pump out work is conducted.

From Marlboro, motorists traveling east on Newman Springs Road will be detoured south on Boundary Road to Crine Road; travel east on Crine Road to Dutch Lane Road; turning left onto Conover Road and return to State Highway 34. 

From Colts Neck and Holmdel, motorists traveling west on Newman Springs Road will be detoured south on State Highway 34 to Conover Road (Colts Neck); turn right onto Conover Road continuing to Dutch Lane Road to Crine Road; turning north onto Boundary Road and returning to Newman Springs Road.

“The county understands the inconvenience that this work will have on the motoring public in that area,” John W. Tobia director of the county’s public works and engineering department. “To reduce the impact, the work will be conducted at night when traffic on the road is at a minimum.”

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