Rt. 35 Repaving, Lane Closures Start Aug. 1

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — Starting this Wednesday, August 1, there will be repaving work done on Rt. 35 in Middletown. And a big stretch of Rt. 35 will go down to one lane during daytime hours.

From 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Earle Asphalt will temporarily close the shoulders and go down to single lanes (from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.) on Highway 35 in both directions between Lake Shore Drive and Green Oak Boulevard in Middletown and Cherry Tree Farm Road/CR 516 in Middletown and Matawan Creek in Keyport.

This has to be done for daytime concrete repair work, the state DOT said.

This will continue Monday through Thursday for next few weeks. Earle Asphalt is the DOT's contractor.

And starting on Monday, August 20 from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. Mondays through Fridays, overnight milling and paving is scheduled to require shoulder and/or lane closures on Rt. 35, and is expected to continue into the fall.

This is all part of a $12.9 million state-funded resurfacing project that will mill and pave 10 miles of Rt. 35 and four miles of Rt. 37. In addition, Earle Asphalt will reconstruct sections of sidewalk and curb, and install imaging, radar, and loop detection systems. The Rt. 37 portion of the project is expected to be complete this fall, and the Rt. 35 portion is expected to be complete in the summer of 2019.