Committee eyes lower speed limit

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A traffic study on Old Trenton Road is one step closer to being complete.

All the data have been collected and will be provided to the township as soon as it's summarized, Cranbury Traffic Consultant Andrew Feranda said Tuesday. After that, the township can submit it to the county in hopes of lowering the 50-mph speed limit, he added.

"We had roadway tubes out across Old Trenton Road at three locations to gather speed data," he said. "And what we have to do now is download and summarize and draw some conclusions.

The township is looking to lower the speed limit on the road in response to a number of complaints and concerns residents shared at a public traffic safety meeting in November. In January, the township asked the county to lower the limit from 50 mph to 40 mph. It then hired Shropshire Associates, of Lumberton, to conduct a traffic study that would determine the average speed that 85 percent of drivers travel on the road.

The results will be sent to the county, which will then submit its recommendation to the state Department of Transportation, which will ultimately determine whether the speed limit should be changed.
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