West Windsor officials urge bus use as Millstone Road bridge closure reshapes traffic; parking authority to raise weekday daily fees

Council members and administration at the Aug. 26 West Windsor meeting warned residents that a Millstone Road bridge closure will shift traffic onto Cranbury/Cranberry and Grovers Mill corridors as schools reopen, and urged parents whenever possible to use school buses to avoid added congestion.

Sonia, who represents emergency-management matters, described outreach to school principals and said coordination is under way with township police and county officials. She noted requests for a temporary traffic signal at Grovers Mill Road and Cranberry Road will be complex because multiple townships and counties are involved and any temporary signal must be timed with the broader traffic signal system.

Sonia also reported several parking-authority items: Avalon Bay is preparing to open a connecting street into the New Jersey Transit station lot and a cutout for emergency vehicles; the Wallace permit lot (historically reserved for West Windsor permits) has been opened for daily parking since COVID and permit usage dropped, prompting discussion of usage changes. She said the parking authority discussed weekday fee adjustments for high-demand days and referenced an increase in the daily commuter rate to $15 for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays effective Oct. 1; residents were advised to check permit rules if they commute by train.

Council members said administration is pursuing the right-to-entry and remediation agreements with Amtrak needed to move a bus-garage project forward, and noted demolition bids for a related site had been opened.

What happens next: Administration will continue interagency coordination on traffic- and signal-related requests and provide updates; parking authority and administration will publish specific fee and permit changes on the township website.