Parkway Lanes to Get Overhaul

Four construction firms have been awarded contracts to widen lanes on stretch of the Garden State Parkway starting in October.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority approved the contracts totaling $330 million on Tuesday.

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The firms will widen lanes and restore shoulders in the stretch between Wall and Toms River in a project expected to take three years.

Authorities tell the Asbury Park Press that the work will allow the speed limit in the area to be increased to 65 mph.

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