Traffic And Water Services To Be Disrupted In Parts Of Edison

EDISON, NJ — The Middlesex Water Company will be shutting down one of its transmission mains, which runs through Edison, from Thursday through Friday. The announcement was made by the mayor’s office on Tuesday. The work will impact traffic and water services in town.

The water company will be performing upgrades to several valves and connections at different locations along the transmission route.

Crews will be working at five different locations and traffic is expected to be impacted along heavily traveled roads, beginning from 7 p.m. on Thursday through 7 p.m. on Friday.

The following roads in Edison will be impacted:

• Oak Tree Road from Grove Avenue to Wood Avenue
• Wood Avenue from Oak Tree Road to Middlesex Essex Turnpike

The work will temporarily impact water service delivery to around 400 customers from 7 p.m. on Thursday, through 4 p.m. on Friday.

Customers will receive a phone call and a door hanger advising them to plan for their water needs ahead of the service disruption. Water pressures in these work areas may be temporarily reduced but are expected to return to normal once repairs have been completed.

“The recent completion of our Western Transmission Main is allowing us the ability to now perform necessary upgrades on this large transmission main – enabling it to operate more efficiently and reliably,” Jan Chwiedosiuk, Middlesex Water Director of Distribution said in a statement.

“We’re working closely with local officials to minimize impacts to residents and plan on performing these improvements as quickly as possible,” he said.

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