Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-12-17
So. Amboy Situation Is Under
Consideration by the
State Board
RUNS TO WEST KEYPoRI|
Believe That Situation Will Be-
Solved to Satisfaction &

The State Highway Commission
last night reached what it believes
TO be a solution of the traffic con-
gestion problem on Route {, the
shore road, between South Amboy
and Keyport. After several hours
OF discussion plan was finally
agreed upon and immediate steps
taken to have work on this relief /
route started at once
The route will not be along lines
outlined at any former meetings Ok
the commission by either Stats High
way Engineer Sloan or by Louis p.
Booz, city engineer for Perth Ann
boy. who suggested several relief
routes.
The solution OF the problem 80
worked out by the Commission calls
for the widening OF the present road
| from the easterly line OF South A1u-|
| boy to Chffwood where . cut-o<k
viii be constructed going to Mechanz
icsville and South Keyport zz<>zr~1
the--road viii l~esainD jDlnl r6ute Z z
The road is to be widened SO that e
has a width of 10 feet It's entire
length. The Commission authorised
the purchase of the necessary rights
of way at once along this route, il
being likely that the strip formerly
used by the Jersey Central trolles
tracks which parallels the road, VIE
be utilized in widening the road.
The new bridge over the railroad
tracks at Morgan will have cleai
roadway Of thirty feet under th6
present plans and commission eng.i-
! neers will look into the possibililles
of widening the superstrncture ii
! the span so that it will be ten fees
wider and thus cause no widening
of the road at that point.
Major Sloan was directed TO start
a survey at once of conditions Is
South Amboy in order 10 bring
about solution of the traffic cons es-
ton problem in that city as the ac-
, ton taken by the commission last
night does not relieve traffic IN rae
city proper.
The route as selected by the com
| mission will not cross the Cheese-
quake meadows to which there was
so much opposition on the part OF
residents in both Middlesex and
Monmouth counties. Neither will it
touch the back road from Roses
corner to Mechanicsville. known as
the Cheesequake road suggested hy
Engineer Booz as an alternative
route. Although avoiding the mead
ows at CheeseQuake the road VIII
pass over the medowys before II.
reaches South Keyport.
The report OF the action taken hv
| the commission last night as given
/ out this morning by Secretary A.
Lee Grover Of the board follows:
The state highway commission
took under serious consideration the
question of the Morgan-Keyport CUT
off and the state highway engineer
presented the various plans worked
ha ARR 7ras+ ~ r~rrf
giving four alternate routes. The
advantages of each route we're care
fully gone into and finally upon mos
tion Of Mr.. Stewart, seconded by Mr..
Kidde. the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved that the state highway
engineer be directed to complete the
plans for the widening of Route No
to a maximum of forty feet ana
that the present line of Route No.
be followed from the eastern city
line of South Amboy to Cliffwood
and by a cutoff from Cliffwooa
/ through Mechanicsville to South
Keyport to a connection with Route
No. at that point. This is TO be
done in order that the work may be
started as soon as possible"
In reaching this conclusion the
commission had in mind that there
would be considerable saving IN the
first expenditure and that there
would be a very large saving Ii the
length of the mileage from point to
point and further that the work
could be done Immediately. III adj
dition to the very CONSERVATIVES svs-
tenn by the engineers Of the deparfA
ment, the state highway comnlission
learned that the operation Of cars
for the route as selected Will sseld
the saving on the basis OF antiefba-
ted traffic of nearly $4,000. .Du0 4eae
in keeping TO the shorter route.
rather than going by way Of cheesc
quake.
On motion OF Mr.. Stewart setz
onded by Mr.. Jelin. the state high.
way commission authorized MAJ no
gotiattons be entered into 1t ohte
for the acquisition of the neeas&af<
right of way for the widening IL
route No
On motion OF Mr.. Stewart ssnnt.s'
ed by Mr. Kidde. the state ElsH#n4
engineer was authorised ard alfstI
ed 70 make report on the u0fktl
uut Of a solution for the relief 6
sFaflc In South Amboe
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