NJDOT Grant to Improve Portion of Yorkshire Drive

East Windsor Township has been awarded a $249,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation Fiscal Year 2013 Municipal Aid Program for roadway improvements to the entire length of Yorkshire Drive from Oak Creek Road to Wiltshire Drive.

The $249,000 state grant will be used to resurface the roadway, as well as other associated improvements to curbing, drainage and handicap ramps. Construction work will be undertaken over the summer.

"We are pleased to receive this roadway improvement grant for Yorkshire Drive, and look forward to continuing our efforts to improve another important roadway area in East Windsor," Mironov said. "Yorkshire Drive, which serves the Township’s only middle school and many homes and residents, is a major and frequently used municipal roadway, which has significantly deteriorated and is in need of improvement. The road work will greatly enhance the safe travel of school buses and other vehicles, and new handicap ramps will enhance pedestrian safety.”

"These State grant funds are an important resource in our efforts to undertake needed local roadway improvements in East Windsor, for which the Township would otherwise have to devote local property tax dollars to perform these roadway improvements,” Mironov added.

In fiscal 2012, East Windsor was awarded $220,000 for roadway improvements to Dutch Neck Road from Hickory Corner Road to Oak Creek Road. In previous years, East Windsor was awarded $250,000 for improvements to Twin Rivers Drive from Jamestown Road to Evanston Drive, $316,000 for improvements to Twin Rivers Drive North from Probasco Road to Hebron Drive, two grants in the amounts of $290,000 and $150,000 for improvements to Hickory Corner Road from Route 130 to Dutch Neck Road, $250,000 for improvements to Dutch Neck and One Mile Road, $235,000 for improvements to Abbington Drive between Lake Drive and Twin Rivers Drive, and $225,000 for improvements to Twin Rivers Drive between Milford Road and Evanston Drive.