By Philip Sean Curran
Staff Writer
The temporary closure of a section of Route 206 in Princeton was postponed, the state Department of Transportation has announced.
The state agency had announced earlier int he week that the road was to be closed from Nov. 8 through Nov. 14. But that closure and was put off because of weather, the state said.
The state agency had said a culvert has to be replaced, so a section of the highway from Hillside Avenue and Arreton Road was scheduled to be closed to traffic in both ways
“The work is expected to be rescheduled for next week and NJDOT will announce the new date once it is set,” the state agency announced.
Once the road becomes closed, the state agency will recommend that motorists traveling north on 206 go right on Ewing Street, left on Mount Lucas Road and left again on Herrontown Road and back to 206.
Motorists going south on 206 should go left on Herrontown, right on Mount Lucas and right on Ewing, to 206, the state agency said.
Trucks, on the other hand, have to take a different detour, according to the state. Northbound trucks should go to I-295 north, then to Route 31 north, right on County Road 518 and then to 206, the state agency reported.
Southbound trucks need to take 518, left to Route 31 south and then I-295 south to Route 206, the state agency said.
“On the positive side, we know we have critical infrastructure needs, and I’m glad to see them being addressed not in a total emergency fashion,” Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert said on Nov. 5. “But we understand that it’s definitely an inconvenience to people who are trying to get from one part of town to another.”
