Construction equipment sits idle on the closed Route 518 bridge as a result of Gov. Christie’s Executive Order halting all state-funded road construction.
Saying its extended closure could endanger the lives of residents of Franklin and two other towns, the Township Council has asked state officials to resume work on the Route 518 bridge over the Delaware & Raritan Canal.
“Not to overstate it, but this is a matter of life and death,” Mayor Phillip Kramer said.
Work on the bridge was stopped on July 8 as part of Gov. Chris Christie’s Executive Order 210, which froze funding for all state Transportation Trust Fund-funded road construction projects not deemed as essential. Christie signed the order on June 30, after the state Legislature failed to enact a gasoline tax to re-fund the TTF.
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