Monroe intersection project passes midpoint, but new hurdle from Trenton

A three-month halt in roadwork near a golf course here probably won’t get lifted for a few more months.

The good news on the Route 322-Fries Mill Road intersection is that about eight months of reconstruction last year pushed the project past the halfway mark before an unexpected halt was called on Oct. 6.

The bad news is heavy equipment won’t be back in action until good weather returns, so likely not until spring. And that timeline assumes state environmental and transportation officials say the project is good to go after they take a long look at how heavy rainfall might affect it.

Gloucester County is using R.E. Pierson Construction Company on the project. The nearly $6.77 million estimated cost is paid for through the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

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