For Immediate Release:
June 12, 2015
Chapel Hill Road opens this evening
Repair work on Middletown road finished ahead of schedule
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – Two weeks ahead of schedule, Chapel Hill Road, between Comanche Drive and Whipporwill Valley Road, will reopen to traffic this evening, Friday, June 12.
Monmouth County’s Department of Public Works and Engineering closed the Chapel Hill Road culvert in mid-April due to damage to the retaining wall.
“Due to the significant damage to the culvert, complete reconstruction is necessary,” said Freeholder Thomas A. Arnone, liaison to the County’s Department of Public Works and Engineering. “The culvert was temporarily repaired to resume traffic in the area and will close for the permanent replacement project in the fall.”
In total, the County maintains of approximately 1,000 lane miles of roads, 980 bridges and culverts and 250 traffic signals and beacons.
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