Update: Navesink, Sears & Monmouth Avenues Construction Schedule

Concrete replaced on Sears Avenue is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 9, according to Dave Palamara, Atlantic Highlands-Highlands Regional Sewerage Authority (AHHRSA) Administrator

The pipeline has been pressure tested and the final connections are scheduled for Monday, Aug. 19. The pipe will be under full operation at that time. Then, the overall cleanup and dismantling of work and storage areas will take placed. 

After the ground settles, in a few months, the road will be milled and repaved, according to Palamara. 

Monday August 12 through Thursday August 15 (no work Friday August 16, 2013).  Finish the sewer pipe installation on Sears Avenue. Project clean-up and maintenance along Navesink, Monmouth and Sears Avenues. Detours and traffic delays should be expected between 7 AM and 5:30 PM.

Monday August 19 through Thursday August 22 (no work Friday August 23, 2013).  Final sewer pipe connection on Route 36 and activation of the new sewer line. Final project clean-up along Rt. 36, Navesink, Monmouth and Sears Avenues. Detours and traffic delays should be expected between 7 AM and 5:30 PM.

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Past updates:

Monday August 5 through Thursday August 8 (no work Friday August 9, 2013). Project clean-up and maintenance along Monmouth, Navesink and Sears Avenues. Detours and traffic delays should be expected between 7 AM and 5:30 PM.

Monday July 29 through Thursday August 1 (no work Friday August 2, 2013). Excavation of Sears Avenue, starting at Monmouth Avenue and ending just beyond the tennis courts. There will also be project clean-up and maintenance along Monmouth and Navesink Avenue.  Detours and traffic delays should be expected between 7 AM and 5:30 PM.

Monday, July 8 through Thursday, July 11 (no work will be done onFriday July 12).  Excavation of the northerly lane of Monmouth Avenue, between Valley Drive and Lakeside Avenue.  Detours and traffic delays should be expected between 7 AM and 5:30 PM.

Monday, July 51 through Thursday, July 18 (no work will be done on Friday July 16).  Excavation of the northerly lane of Monmouth Avenue, between Lakeside Avenue and Sears Avenue.  Detours and traffic delays should be expected between 7 AM and 5:30 PM.

Monday, June 24 through Thursday June 27 (no work will be done on
Friday June 28). Completion of the excavation work in the north-west
lane of Navesink Avenue near the Stone Church/ Locust Avenue. Also
the start of the excavation work in the northerly lane of Monmouth
Avenue, between the Stone Church/ Locust Avenue and Swan Avenue.
Detours and traffic delays should be expected between 7 a.m. and 5:30
p.m.

Monday, July 1 through Friday July 5 (no work will be done on Thursday
July 4). Excavation of the northerly lane of Monmouth Avenue, between
Swan Avenue and Sears Avenue.  Detours and traffic delays should be
expected between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Monday, May 20 through Thursday May 23 (no work will be done on Friday May 24).  Excavation of the north-west lane of Navesink Avenue, between Raritan Avenue and Woodhaven Lane/near Hartshorne Woods Park.  Detours and traffic delays should be expected between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. 

Monday, May 28 through Friday May 31 (no work will be done on Monday May 27).  Excavation of the north-west lane of Navesink Avenue, between Woodhaven Lane and Hartshorne Avenue/the Stone Church.  Detours and traffic delays should be expected between 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

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Original Story May 13

A sewer line project along a busy road in Navesink could cause road closures and detours between mid-May and the end of summer.  

The new sanitary line is being installed in Middletown from the corner of Route 36 and Navesink Avenue then along Navesink & Monmouth Avenues to Sears Avenue. It replaces an existing sanitary sewer line that runs along Route 36 and has had several leaks in recent years.

This work is being done by Mount Construction for the Atlantic Highlands-Highlands Regional Sewerage Authority (AHHRSA). 

According to the Authority, passage for emergency vehicles, school buses and local traffic will be maintained at all times but delays could occur. They advise motorists to be ready to take alternate routes if possible.

The underground pipe will go along Navesink & Monmouth Avenues and end on Sears Avenue near its corner with Monmouth Avenue (see map) where it will connect with the existing Township of Middletown Sewerage Authority (TOMSA) collection lines that run under Sears Avenue and then continue on to the Belford treatment plant, the authority says. 

Under the NJDEP Wastewater Management Plan, the TOMSA sewerage treatment system has served the three municipalities since 1986; this line will replace the damaged sewerage line that serves Highlands and a part of Middletown.

Construction will start in mid-May and is expected to be completed before the end of summer; work hours will be from 7 - 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday. Work will begin at Route 36 and progress down Navesink and Monmouth Avenues to Sears Avenue (work in the school area will not begin until after school closes in June).

The areas excavated each day will be closed and repaved by the end of that day, said the authority's administrator, Dave Palamara. A final roadway milling and repaving will be done about three months after completion of the work after the ground settles. 

The work will generally be in the right lane when going from Route 36 and down Navesink and Monmouth Avenues to Sears Avenue.

-- Submitted by the Atlantic Highlands - Highlands Regional Sewerage Authority