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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Traffic problems at the intersection of Route 46 and New Road
Posted by Ron Soussa at 5:33 PM
 
A reader asks: Can you please start the following blog at OurMontville.com, so that people can brainstorm on this:

It is VERY tough at rush hour in the AM to go from Changebridge Road in Montville and try to get across Route 46 at New Road. The traffic from New Road backs up onto Old Bloomfield Road all the way back to Changebridge Road. It is VERY frequent that it takes ~15-20 minutes to go just 0.4-miles along Old Bloomfield Ave while waiting bumper-to-bumper to get across Route 46 (e.g., so that we can get to Route 280 East).
We would be eager to hear if any residents or others have insights on how to fix this. How do we get the traffic to flow better there?


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First you need to teach people how to drive; never fails that the light turns green and someone just sits there. The bigger question is where did all this traffic originate? 6 months ago the problem wasn't this bad, there was always a small wait but not like now.
Posted by Anonymous Anonymous on October 20, 2007 8:25 PM
 
 
Yes, getting across Route 46 at rush hour is a HUGE problem for anyone in Montville Township who needs to get over to Route 280 East, etc. Is there some state agency we can petition about this traffic bottle-neck? How would we go about getting something like that fixed? Does anyone have any connections or know how to get this ball rolling?
Posted by Anonymous -Pat on October 20, 2007 9:31 PM
 
 
Blame it on New Jersey's impossible wetlands regulations.

Old Bloomfield Avenue desperately needs to be widened from the Rockaway River bridge past New Road so westbound traffic that's not turning left to cross Rt. 46 can continue without blocking traffic.

And the old Shell station at the southeast corner was bought by the State so they could put in another jughandle for eastbound traffic on 46 to go north on New Road towards Rt. 80. They needed to expand slightly so that the turning radius would be adequate for trucks, but since that area near the Rockaway River is wetlands they couldn't. So all that traffic now blocks southbound traffic on New Road because they can't completely make the turn to go north.

Salamanders and wetlands are more important than people and our economy.
Posted by Blogger Ron Soussa on October 21, 2007 2:17 PM
 
 
Anonymous, I totally agree! Something seems to have changed that has made this MUCH worse than it was 6-12 months ago. It's not like we've had a massive population boom in 2007. When they spent years working on that intersection I thought this would be better, but even with the extra lanes they put in on New Road, somehow the problem is much worse! I commute ~11 miles to work and about 1/2 of my commute is spent at that one intersection. Help!
Posted by Anonymous -Pat on October 21, 2007 8:00 PM
 
 
One solution and probably the solution for many traffic problems in this state is to take a look at traffic light timing. We spend the better morning of our commute moving slowly from one red light to another. Maybe if the light at new road stayed green another minute longer, the ability to move a larger volume of cars out of the intersetction might help. I am no traffic engineer, just a part time brain surgeon, and some time rocket scientist. I will leave this to the real braniac's ie traffic engineers.
Posted by Anonymous Anonymous on October 26, 2007 10:36 AM
 
 
I know someone who works for the DOT, he told me that their engineers aren't too smart, that's why they're working for the state and not making real money in the corporate world. Your timing solution has a problem in that once you cross 46 the road collapses to one lane not allowing a smooth transition. It's even worse when the school bus stops at the apartments and it takes 10 minutes to load.
Posted by Anonymous Anonymous on October 26, 2007 12:01 PM
 
 
I agree that the light going across Rt. 46 to New Road needs to stay green at least 1 minute longer. Frankly, I think that would solve much of the traffic. Can't the township ask whoever is in charge of timing of the lights to do this?
Posted by Anonymous Anonymous on December 9, 2007 1:24 PM
 
 
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