UPDATE: The construction project has been pushed off. See the letter below.
ORIGINAL STORY BELOW
7th Street in Lakewood is scheduled to be closed and detoured beginning Monday between Marys Lane and Park Avenue for railroad crossing repairs.
Beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, July 15, until 5 p.m. Friday, July 19, 7th Street will be closed in both directions from Marys Lane to Park Avenue to remove and reconstruct the existing railroad crossing and approaches. Access will be maintained for local traffic. Motorists are advised to follow the signed detours.
In order to provide safer and smoother railroad crossing, the existing crossing will be replaced with new concrete crossings and asphalt approaches.
This federally funded project is included within NJDOT’s railroad grade-crossing safety program which repairs, upgrades, or removes approximately 50 crossings each year, statewide.
The precise timing of the work is subject to change due to weather or other factors.