The micro-tunneling for the sewer component of the Meadow Road reconstruction project is complete, but road grading is still underway.
This means commuters who are stuck in the traffic — especially during the evening rush hour — from the closure of the road between Clarksville and Bear Brook roads will have to wait it out for another few months.
The project is on schedule, said West Windsor Business Administrator Robert Hary, but officials are looking for the project to be completed in the early spring.
The grading of the road “really isn’t going to be able to be completed until we have better weather,” said Hary. “We were expecting early spring, and we’re still on target for that.”
The first phase of the Meadow Road reconstruction project, costing $6.545 million, is being done by Star of the Sea Concrete of Old Bridge. The first phase of the project entails realigning the 90-degree curve so that Meadow Road from Bear Brook will go directly to the bridge and to Route 1 and Carnegie Center in a straight line. It also includes putting in sewers along the road. The project also includes the design of the north branch of the Duck Pond Run sewer interceptor to the Duck Pond Run Pump Station.
There are no immediate plans for the second phase of the project, which includes improvements from Bear Brook Road to the Clarksville Road intersection, where a traffic light will be installed. The design of the intersection will also have to be coordinated with the county with regard to future improvements of Clarksville Road.
