PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 14, 2006
The first phase of the construction of the new roadway alignment for Greenwood Lake Turnpike between Marshall Hill Road and Awosting Road began March 6. The project will take 2 years to complete and the completion date is scheduled for April 2008. The project is currently on schedule.
Road Construction
ON-SITE PROGRESS REPORT AT GREENWOOD LAKE TURNPIKEPATERSON – The Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders will hold a progress report on site of the Greenwood Lake Turnpike project 2 p.m. Monday, September 18 at the west junction of the Old Road intersection.
State, county and local officials have been invited to attend.
The first phase of the construction of the new roadway alignment for Greenwood Lake Turnpike between Marshall Hill Road and Awosting Road began March 6. The project will take 2 years to complete and the completion date is scheduled for April 2008. The project is currently on schedule.
The project length is approximately one mile in length and will eliminate numerous obsolete curves and bends along the existing road. Evacuation and the road foundation of the new alignment through the mountain have been completed. This included the removal of approximately 4,700 tons of soil with an additional 150 tons of rock. The average width for evacuation is 60 feet.
The new roadway will continue to have one travel lane but will be widened to current design standards with the addition of road shoulders in each direction.
Improvements to the roadway will include drainage facilities and the replacement of two existing bridges to accommodate the new alignment as well as construction of culverts, retaining walls, drainage system and roadway.
Excavating through the mountain, the relocation of utilities and the building of culverts will commence during the first phase. Traffic will be maintained at all times, one lane in each direction on the existing turnpike. There will be some slow down of traffic due to movement of equipment.
The old roadway will be abandoned upon completion of the new alignment and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will accept the old right-of-way as part of the adjacent State Park system.
The contractor is Petillo, Inc. of Flanders, N.J. and the contract cost is $8,890,875.
CONTACT:
Dolores Choteborsky
Passaic County Public Information Officer
973-569-5050
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