Monroe to Hold Oct. 7th Public Hearing on Weight Limit Banning Tractor Trailers
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. – October 2, 2019 – The Monroe Township Council will hold a public hearing and vote on Monday, October 7 to impose a weight limit that would restrict tractor trailers in Monroe residential neighborhoods along the Cranbury town line. If approved the measure would go to Middlesex County and New Jersey Department of Transportation for final approval. 

Cranbury officials, led by Mayor James Taylor, expressed concern that the ban would force the tractor trailers back into their own town and create further congestion for Cranbury residents on Route 130, which they find unacceptable. Monroe officials continue to ask why Cranbury did not complete Liberty Way, a proposed truck bypass that is part of that township’s master plan, designed to relieve this specific truck and tractor trailer traffic to the NJ Turnpike. 

“This should not be a fight, but the fact that Cranbury flatly refuses to find any solutions to its ever-growing tractor trailer problem gives us no choice. On behalf of Monroe residents, we need to take action and protect our residential streets from these enormous trucks,” said Monroe Mayor Gerald W. Tamburro. “We have carefully studied this issue and created this ordinance after listening to our residents.”
A proposed weight restriction ordinance will come before the public at a hearing & vote October 7. (Photo: Google Maps)
“In every step of this process, we have turned to our residents for guidance and direction,” said Mayor Tamburro. “We continue to listen and deliberate. But until Cranbury comes to the table and redirects their heavy tractor trailers onto their own streets, I don’t know of any other viable solution than this ordinance.”

Cranbury has stated they will oppose this measure to ensure their tractor trailers can travel on County roads through Monroe to the Turnpike. Essentially, the argument is that hundreds of their tractor trailers can rumble through Monroe residential areas each day with impunity because Cranbury residents, like Monroe residents, are county taxpayers.
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Residents are invited to attend the public hearing on the ordinance, scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Town Hall, 1 Municipal Plaza.  The council will decide if large trucks and tractor trailers weighing more than eight tons should be banned from Cranbury Station, Prospect Plains and Cranbury Half Acre roads west of Applegarth Road.

“I can say, as a citizen of Monroe, that Cranbury’s ongoing ambivalence to the concerns of my neighbors and friends is insulting,” said Mayor Tamburro. “If Cranbury had taken action to build Liberty Way and other improvements, I’m sure we would not be at the point of considering this outright ban. What choice have they left us?”
All media inquiries may be directed to the Monroe Township’s Public Information Officer Stacey Kennedy at 732-521-4400 or skennedy@monroetwp.com .
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