The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to [email protected].
Question:
Dear Mr. Mayor,
Is there any way your engineers could make Route 9 from Route 88 to Central Avenue a double lane? It would alleviate a lot of the bottleneck at Rte. 88 and Rte 9. If the right lane can be used to exclusively make a right turn onto Central Avenue, many cars who go that way would leave room for the cars continuing straight. Additionally, when cars are making a left turn from Central onto Rte 9 North, with the left turn signal, would it be possible to have a right turn signal for those cars waiting to make a right from Rte 9 onto Central Avenue going west? The cars wait there and there is no other traffic heading in that direction while the Central to Rte 9 North cars are moving on the signal. Thank you.
Response from Mayor Coles:
Good morning. We are currently working with the DOT on that project. Committeeman Lichtenstein has been coordinating several projects with them in town. We told them this is the highest priority for us. That being said it will be difficult because the expansion would be across the lake, but DOT officials told us they feel it is doable.
Thanks
Ray
Question:
Good afternoon,
Can a turning light be added to the intersection of route 9 and central? (For cars on route 9)
Thanks!
Response from Mayor Coles:
The state is working on a redesign of that intersection.
Thanks
Ray
Question:
Hi Mr. Mayor,
I am writing to you again about Route 88. I appreciate the crossing guard at 88 and Linden and I’m sure many vehicles find it very helpful and more safe. However, it causes an extreme backup on the 88. As someone who drives down the 88 every morning I witness this every day. The crossing guard stops traffic on the 88 to allow vehicles on Linden to turn onto the 88. However, I don’t think it is done with enough time to allow the vehicles on the 88 to go. I’m sure vehicles on Linden find it extremely helpful but not the vehicles on the 88. The crossing guard has to understand that the 88 needs more time with the “green signal”.
Thank you.
Response from Mayor Coles:
I will ask Traffic and safety to work with the guard and help smooth things out.
Question:
Dear Mayor,
In the early 1800’s in the city of London they put groves in the streets to make it easier for street cars to travel on the unpaved street. Around WW2 cities began to rip up there street car tracks and replace them with buses. One of the reason was because it was a lot easier and cheaper to change the route. You only had to draw it on a paper not rip up track.
The WestGate Shuttle has been running for over 20 years on the same route. I have heard that some people in A Country Place wont a township bus to there complex. If that is the case maybe it’s time to reroute the WestGate Shuttle to accommodate them?
I have added a map that shows how easy it would be to reroute the WestGate shuttle.
Thanks
Ray
Response from Mayor Coles:
Thank you. We are always looking to improve our service. I will send this to our route coordinator and ask him to see what we can do.
Take Care
Ray
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I don’t mean to split hairs but the shuttle has actually been running for just over 9 years. Not to say there isn’t room for improvement, but if you state an unequivocal fact, please make sure that it is accurate
The shuttle started back in the early 2000’s.
It started before I was married and I have been married for about 20 years.
With all due respect, I was the one who launched the shuttle. I was hired about 11 years ago to take care of the initial legwork, obtaining grants and buses. It took about 2 years to work through all the red tape. The shuttle actually launched just over 9 years ago. Several years later, we handed control back to the township at which point they started running it.
Interesting, what bus was running many years ago?
To the person requesting there be a turning signal on route 9 to turn onto central the mayor responded they are working on update that intersection.
Not only are they not making a turning signal you will no longer be able to turn. I wish you and anyone else that lives there GOOD LUCK !!
by the way regarding continuing the 2 lanes from rt 88 until central on rt 9, i brought that up with a Lakewood councilman 10 years ag, as well as the right arrow from rt 9 onto central (a no brainer) and he scratched his head and said hey that sound like a good idea, but of course nothing was done! ive checked many times, the road is wide enough there, for some reason there is a unnecessary shoulder there, but yes, your idea is a great one, and its a pity there is no one advocating for us bnei torah trying to get back and forth from BMG
And if my comment doesn’t get in it’s proof that TLS is a propaganda platform.
At that intersection, it used to be right turn on red ALLOWED. then when they redid it and added the right turning lane (20 years ago?), the state decided for some reason, that it’s no turn on red.
9 does not need to take space from the lake to have two southbound lanes from 88 to Central. Land can be taken from the BP station and JCP&L to realign the road