County Upgrades Iselin's Merrill Park

With new walkways, pedestrians will have a happier time in the Woodbridge park, one of Middlesex County's oldest.

Iselin residents have been noticing a lot of activity around Merrill Park, and they were wondering what was going on. Turns out the Middlesex County Board of Freeholders is engaging on a series of park improvments they say will improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety in what is one of the county's oldest and most heavily used parks. The county park is located in the Iselin section of Woodbridge Township. The changes, expected to be completed by this summer, include separate, 10-foot wide paved walking paths for pedestrians, who now share a roadway with vehicles. The project also includes the addition of something known as a "traffic calming device." Fences have been erected and some trees were removed as part of the first phase of the …

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