The state may think it’s doing South Brunswick a favor by promising to improve seven of the 13 intersections along Route 1 beginning in 2010, but really what kind of favor is it?
Think about it. The seven or so miles in South Brunswick are among the few stretches of Route 1 in the state that remain two lanes in each direction. Elsewhere, the state has added lanes, built overpasses and generally remade the roadway. In South Brunswick, we’re going to get some new paint, maybe a reconfigured light and we’re expected to be just peachy.
It reminds me of the 2001-2002 Mets — a team that publicly told its fans it was not going to make a run at the two best free agents in the world (Alex Rodriguez and Vlad Guerrero) and instead offered us some retreads and has-beens (Mo Vaughn, Kevin Appier, Jeromy Burnitz), hoping to appease us as the team sunk deeper and deeper into the basement.
The intersection upgrades are fine as far as they go. They should offer some short-term help, as South Brunswick Police Sgt. James Stoddard said at Tuesday’s Township Council meeting, but they are Band-Aids at best.
More needs to be done.
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Hank Kalet 