Pomona Road in Galloway Township to be Closed Wednesday Night

Pomona Road south of Route 30 will be closed from Wednesday night at 9 until Thursday morning at 7, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announced on Monday afternoon, Feb. 6.

Mount Construction Company, NJDOT's contractor for the job, will close down Pomona Road in both directions.

Motorists traveling northbound on Pomona Road will be detoured at Aloe Street to Genoa Avenue northbound onto Route 30 eastbound to Pomona Road.

Motorists traveling southbound on Pomona Road will be detoured onto Route 30 westbound to Genoa Avenue southbound onto Aloe Street to Pomona Road.

Route 30 travel lanes will not be impacted through the intersection.

The closure is necessary to complete drainage installation work, NJDOT said. The work involves the installation of two new storm-water drainage pipes beneath the road. The goal of the ongoing $6.5 million project is to improve safety and reduce congestion at the intersection of the White Horse Pike and Pomona Road by widening the cross section to feature new left turn lanes at at each approach on the White Horse Pike, NJDOT said.

Construction began in January of 2011 and is expected to be completed in the fall of this year.

NJDOT reminded motorists that the precise timing of the work may change due to weather or other factors, and encourages them to check NJDOT's traffic information website www.511nj.org for construction updates and real-time travel information.