The Lakewood Police Department has announced that Williams Street will be closed between Omni Court and Prospect Street from Saturday, October 1st through Tuesday October 4th.
Paving crews require four consecutive work days in order to complete significant roadwork on that stretch of roadway. The pavement will be milled, paved and winterized. This will eliminate potholes and other difficulties on the road for the long term, with no additional road work or closures expected within the foreseeable future.
Police Chief Gregory Meyer sees this as an exciting development for area residents and commuters, who faced a significant amount of road work and closures in recent months. “This is the final bump in the road for Williams Street, pardon the pun,” says Chief Meyer.
“The dates of the upcoming closures were selected in order to minimize its impact on area residents and commuters. Three of the four days are over the Rosh Hashana holiday, when a majority of area residents do not travel in motor vehicles. The remaining day, Sunday, has significantly reduced traffic, since most schools and many businesses are closed. We will have off duty police officers directing traffic to assist vehicular and pedestrian traffic along with the Departments Traffic and Safety Bureau assisting,” the chief said.
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It is being done over Yom Tov. This is great news for area residents, and will eliminate the really bad roadway.
Finally!
We really appreciate the fact it is being done over the holidays.
About time, that road is a nightmare. Will the rest of williams be getting repaved as well?
Over Yom TV is Greatly Appreciated!!
Are they going to put in turning lanes on the corners of prospect for left turns and James for right turns?
what happened with the traffic light on the corner ? are they putting it up?
Good news next repave spruce st and were good to go
Thank you for doing it over yom tov and for the advance notice!
was 10th and Clifton closed today also for maximum convenience?
Whole town needs repaving!
Thank you
PLEASE PLEASE pave Spruce next! I live on Spruce and it’s a nightmare to drive towards the 9.
thanks for informing us, it means a lot to us to know if we should take a different route!!
I agree. Pave over the entire town.
why was it closed for a whole month with no advance notice and no onedirecting traffic.I’m glad that this time it has forethought for the area residents but what about the past? I am still searching for a explanation of what happened.
Thanks Greg!!! Always doing good for lkwd!!!