Construction to close southbound lane of Mill Street in Newton. Here are the detours

Bruce A. Scruton, Newton New Jersey Herald
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NEWTON - The southbound traffic lane on Mill Street will be closed beginning Monday for a joint town-county project to repave the road, install new sidewalks and improve the "streetscape."

The nearly $1.1 million project will see new sidewalks installed as the town's share of the project while the county will be responsible for milling and repaving the street between North Park Drive and the intersection with Water Street/Route 206. Funds for the project are also coming from a state small cities grant.

For those coming south on County Route 519, the detour begins at North Park Drive. Traffic can still use Plotts Road to access the Sussex County Community College campus. Northbound traffic on Mill Street from Water Street will remain open.

County Route 519 follows Mill Street from Water Street, northward into Hampton Township. The southern entrance to the college via Swartswood Road to College Hill Road will remain open.

The map of detours for Mill Street, Newton, to begin Monday, Aug. 21. The town and Sussex County are jointly working on a project to add sidewalks, mill and pave the street and drainage work.
The map of detours for Mill Street, Newton, to begin Monday, Aug. 21. The town and Sussex County are jointly working on a project to add sidewalks, mill and pave the street and drainage work.

According to the notice published by the Sussex County Division of Engineering, the project will take an undetermined amount of time according to the notice, subject to "weather, progression of the work and unforeseen circumstances."

The project includes new curbing, drainage, pavement and the sidewalks.

The construction is being done in four phases with the road reopening to two-way traffic for phases three and four, although subject to delays. The county said that access to driveways and municipal roads will be maintained.

This article originally appeared on New Jersey Herald: Newton NJ construction project to close part of Mill Street