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Long road ahead for Clarksville Road bridge repairs BY BILL SANSERVINO
High School North senior Eva Fea competes in the pole vault. She returned from an ankle injury to place fifth at both the Colonial Valley Conference Championships and the Central Jersey Group 3 Championships.
Fearless Fea returns for HS MT. BRUSHMORE North girls track and field PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
BY JUSTIN FEIL
Eva Fea started out running distance for the High School North girls track and field as a freshman, but the next year she made a switch and found a new passion. Pole vault.
Fea tried the pole vault, an event that combines speed for sprinting, strength and coordination to get lift into the air, flexibility to contort over the bar and Gther abravery n d Otopsoar e n ibefore n g landing back in the pit. “I really like the feeling of being in the air and flying,” said
Fea. “It’s really fun. And then also I guess the attention that it gets, that you gain – this is so immoral – but you gain aura, you gain coolness.” Fea was thriving in her event as a senior, a product of all the dedication she’d put into it. See FEA, Page 13
After more than six months of detours and congestion, state transportation officials have identified a temporary plan to partially reopen the closed Clarksville Road bridge in West Windsor. The one-lane solution is not ideal, local officials said, but it would finally restore traffic flow across one of the areas most important commuter corridors. But motorists will still have to wait until next year for the interim solution to be put into effect, and it will likely be many years before the structure is permanently fixed. The bridge, which carries Clarksville Road over Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor rail line, has been closed since Nov. 2 after inspections found severe corrosion in several structural elements. Under the proposed interim plan, the bridge would reopen as a single-lane crossing controlled by traffic signals, allowing vehicles to travel one direction at a time.
The arrangement would remain in place while the state Department of Transportation continues work on plans for a permanent replacement bridge. Mayor Hemant Marathe said the project has moved more quickly since the recent appointment of DOT Commissioner Priya Jain, who has designated the bridge as a high priority. “Since the recent appointment of Commissioner Priya Jain, the necessary engineering analysis for a temporary solution has moved at a much faster pace,” Marathe said. He added that Jain approved overtime and weekend work for staff and consultants, leading to what he described as a clear plan to move forward. The bridge is considered an “orphan bridge,” meaning it is not owned by either West Windsor Township or Mercer County and instead falls under NJDOT jurisdiction. Marathe said that he and DOT officials walked the bridge on May 10 and they presented See BRIDGE, Page 10
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