Tell The County About The Impact Of Truck Traffic In South Brunswick

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – It’s time to make your voice heard and tell Middlesex County how truck traffic impacts South Brunswick.

The Middlesex County Department of Transportation and the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) will be hosting a meeting on April 17 to seek public input and present draft recommendations of the Southern Middlesex County Freight Movement Study.

A Freight Movement Study will be conducted by the county’s Department of Transportation covering the southern portion of the region.

The primary study area consists of Cranbury, Monroe, South Brunswick, and Jamesburg, “where a concentration of goods movement activity by truck and rail exists,” the county said.

During the April 17 meeting, officials will seek public feedback on draft recommendations to mitigate the impacts of truck traffic on neighborhoods, based on analysis of truck data and concerns and ideas offered by impacted communities.

The draft recommendations are intended to safely manage truck movement in South Brunswick and neighboring town, while balancing the needs of all roadway users and local communities.

The meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Cranbury School, 23 N. Main St., Cranbury.

The focus of the study was to identify how and where trucks move along roads, the bottlenecks and barriers to freight movement, alternate truck routes, safety issues and crash clusters.

Due to the growth in the number of warehouses and distribution centers in the area, truck traffic has surged substantially which has negatively impacted communities, according to the study. The study began in early Spring 2022 and is expected to conclude at the end of Spring 2023, county officials said.

For more details on the study, click here. For details on the April 17 meeting, click here.