PORTION OF BAYSHORE ROAD (CR 607) AND NEW ENGLAND ROAD (CR641) LOWER TOWNSHIP

The County of Cape May will begin the resurfacing of Bayshore Road (CR 607) from New England Road (CR 641) to 200 feet south of Stimpson Lane (CR 645) along with the resurfacing of New England Road from NJ Route 162 to Bayshore Road beginning on Monday, June 29. The work will include milling the existing paving to a depth of up to 6 inches and the installation of a new bituminous base course and final surface course. New traffic striping and markings will be installed, as will raised pavement markings for enhanced lane delineation. 

On Monday and Tuesday (June 29 and 30), the milling and base paving of Bayshore Road will take place. To safely execute the work, one lane of travel of Bayshore Road will be detoured, while the other lane is maintained. During the resurfacing of the northbound lane, southbound traffic will be maintained with northbound traffic detoured. Similarly, during the resurfacing of the southbound lane, northbound traffic will be maintained while southbound traffic is detoured. The proposed detour route for northbound and southbound traffic will consist of New England Road to Shunpike Road (CR 649) to Stimpson Lane (CR 645) and back to Bayshore Road. Local traffic will be maintained, and homeowners will always have access to their properties during construction activities.

On Wednesday and Thursday (July 1 and 2), the milling and base paving of New England Road will proceed. During this construction phase, eastbound traffic along New England Road will be maintained as the westbound traffic is detoured. Motorists traveling south along Seashore Road (CR 626) will be directed to continue south to Stimpson Lane where they will travel west to Bayshore Road then north along Bayshore Road to New England Road. Motorists traveling north along Seashore Road and wishing to access New England Road will be detoured west onto Stimpson Lane then to Bayshore Road to New England Road.  

The detours associated with the Bayshore Road paving and New England Road paving will only be in place during periods of active construction. Normal traffic patterns will resume at night and on the weekends.  Due to the extent of the work and the upcoming holiday weekend, only the base paving of both roads will be completed; however, the final 2-inch surface course will be installed after the July 4 weekend. Therefore, motorists are urged to proceed with caution as the base paving will not be striped, only stick-down reflectors will be used to delineate the lanes. Also, during the first day of paving at each road, there will be a 2-inch drop-off between the existing lane and the adjacent lane which has been resurfaced. Motorists should exercise caution when crossing over the centerline during that period.