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West Windsor officials decry slow Amtrak, NJDOT response as Clarksville Road bridge closure hits three months
Summary
Town leaders said the Clarksville Road bridge has been closed since early November and blamed slow permitting and limited track outages by Amtrak and NJDOT; the mayor said he has escalated the issue to state and federal officials and urged residents to contact Amtrak and elected leaders.
The West Windsor Township mayor told the council Feb. 2 that the Clarksville Road bridge has been out of service since Nov. 2, 2025, and said progress on repairs has stalled because Amtrak and the New Jersey Department of Transportation have been slow to issue inspection permits and provide required track outages.
"I'm very disappointed with the lack of progress on fixing the bridge," the mayor said, describing repeated meetings with NJDOT and Amtrak and saying the agencies had missed promised timelines for issuing a permit to inspect the structure. He said the permit…
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