Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-12-19
HEARING Sc 7
FOR DEC. %
Commissioner JeIin at Free
holders Meeting Tells of
New State Plan
MAY NOT BE FAVORED
And for This Reason County
Board Calls for Another
Hearing
MAY NOT BE FAVORED

NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. 10. -
The Board of Freeholders, not salts
fled with the decision of the State
Highway Commission in the settle
ment of the question of relieving
shore traffic, will hold a public hear
ing for a further discussion of the
matter in the county record building
Monday night. Dec. 20.
Highway Commissioner Abraham
Jelin, of this city, accompanied by
G.. r. Moore, assistant construction
engineer of the commission, appear
ed before the freeholders yesterday
afternoon and outlined the improve
ments, which the state body expects
to make to the existing South AM
boy-Keyport road, as means of ac-
commodating the large volume of
shore traffic.
Under the plan, which has been
approved by the commission. the
road will be widened to forty feet,
from the easterly ,ity line at South
Amboy to a point just beyond the
road leading to the Cliffwood sta
tion,l at which point the road will be
carried across about 5000 feet ct
meadow land and into West Key
port.
The entire cost of the project, In
cluding the fill in the meadows and
the construction of new bridge
across the Matawan creek, has been
estimated at $1.190,800. MIR. Jelin
declared 10 the board that the ex-
listing route was deemed the most
feasible and was finally decided on
as the route which would do the
most good to the largest number OF
people.
I'm the consideration of the
Cheesquake road route by the COM
mission" said Mr.. Jelin, sit was
learned that the Improvement of that
road would cost $2,000,000. and that
the route was the longest of any
suggested. and one which would
benefit the citizens of this county,
but not the majority of the motorists
who pass through the county.
The route from South AmHoy to
West Keyport, according to the map,
is eight and a half miles in length
as compared to eleven and a half
miles by way of the Cheesquake
route. Two other routes were con-
sidered, one through the old Nor
gan shell loading plant property, and
the other just to the south of the
railroad at Morgan. but the expense
in building new roads through those
sections were found to be too high.
1t was pointed out that the relief
of traffic conditions at South Amboy,
was not considered in the decision
to improve the present road, though
Mr.. Jelin advised that a special
study of the situation in South Am
boy Is now being made.
The commissioner and engineer
while pointing out the advantage of
improving the road selected for i'm
proyement by the state. admitted
that 1t will only be a question of
time, before the state will have to
give further consideration to the
building of another road from the
new state bridge and through the
south section of the county.
The views of the freeholders on
the question are not In accord with
those of the state body, and for that
reason the county fathers voted
unanimously to hold another pubic
hearing on the question, despite the
fact that the highway commission
has approved of rebuilding the press
ent road.
ed that the Cheesquake route as
advocated by the freeholders was
the most feasible solution to the
Aproblem, as the Improvement of that
route would tend to split up trafiic
into two divisions in both directions
that the traffic congestions at South
Amboy and Keyport would be re-
ssiieved and that the latter route now
exists as a public highway in its
Entirety.
The estimates of cost for the re-
spective routes as given by the high
way commission. were questioned by
the freeholders and Franklin Bu-
chanan, an engineer connected with
the office of County Engineer Nor
gan f. Larso was directed to pro-
ceed immedia ely in the preparation
az comparative estimates. which are
TO be considered at the hearing.
Residents and municipal officials
OF the communities in question will
be asked o appear at the hearing
and express their views on the dues-
tion. and it appears more than like
ly that the highway commission will
pe asked to reconsider the action
taken by them in the matter.
The freeholders feel that the mat
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