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A roadway that connects two major thoroughfares in Brick Township will revert to county control after a “swap” plan never came to fruition.
Duquesne Boulevard runs between Brick Boulevard and Route 70. While the street is residential in nature, its traffic tends to be heavier than most due to the connection to the two major roadways. In 2004, the jurisdiction of Duquesne changed from an Ocean County roadway to a municipal roadway. The change was made as part of a “swap” of jurisdictions that was planned since, at the time, Ocean County was considering building a connector roadway between Hooper Avenue and Cherry Quay Road. The county was provided with the jurisdiction it needed to build the connector, while Duquesne was placed under local control.
Twenty-two years later, the plan to build the connector road between Hooper and Cherry Quay never came to fruition, with Brick officials stating at a recent township council meeting that the plan has been abandoned and is no longer under consideration. With that in mind, the council unanimously approved a resolution re-designating Duquesne as a county road.
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The county designation now means the road will be maintained by the Ocean County Road Department. County trucks will plow the road during snowstorms and funding for its maintenance and repaving will be included in the county’s engineering budget. Brick officials said the county agreed to take the .53-mile road back since they acknowledged the connector road plan is officially off the table.
The resolution passed by council, in legal terms, rescinded the 2004 resolution.
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