Lakewood, NJ - Proposal Calls For Making Streets One-Ways

Lakewood, NJ - The township's Master Plan Committee has asked the town to postpone ruling on any downtown projects until it studies how the projects affect a plan to change Fourth, Fifth and Sixth streets into one-way thoroughfares.

The idea, floated in a letter the committee sent to the Township Committee this week, and was publicly unveiled by the mayor Thursday night.
Ben Heinemann, chairman of the master plan committee, said today no decisions have been made, but the committee wants to keep its options open.
Mayor Meir Lichtenstein did not say whether the town will abide by the request. But Kevin Kielt, Lakewood's planning and engineering administrator, said he does not believe the town can put a moratorium on project approvals downtown just so the committee can study its options.