Traffic signal outage causes lane closure, Woodbridge Township NJ
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, police officers managed a temporary traffic pattern on Port Reading Avenue in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, after a power outage disabled a traffic signal. They coordinated lane closures and traffic flow until power was expected to be restored around 11:30 a.m.
Audio|Heard on: Middlesex NJ Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:37
Transcript:
00:00
Code five, do we have anybody available to make a temporary traffic pattern?
00:04
I don't believe so.
00:07
You need another car out there?
00:13
Code six, I stepped on you.
00:17
Traffic maintenance is not in.
00:19
Do we need another car out there?
00:22
Yeah, the traffic's picking up a little bit.
00:24
So probably 20.
00:27
Are you still in the area?
00:30
Yeah, car nine to four.
00:38
Four.
00:40
Yeah, I got nothing showing out here.
00:44
Yeah, I'm calling code A in a second.
00:46
Just finished looping around this complex.
00:50
Go five.
00:53
Five, that course.
00:55
Come in.
00:57
At 20, I am going to have the left turn lane shut down on Port Reading Avenue.
01:00
Everybody needs to go either right or straight.
01:03
Go five.
01:04
This is the quarter.
01:07
Go ahead, man.
01:09
Hopefully your power's restored in a couple minutes.
01:11
If it's not, just send somebody to get cones, run them across Port Reading Avenue, let people make right turns.
01:17
1130 approximately, power should come back on.
01:21
Go for it.
01:25
Hey Sarge, if not, just let me know and I'll touch base with Sergeant Augusta and make it happen.
01:32
Yeah, that'd be fantastic.
01:33
Thank you so much.
01:34
We'll just stand by for ten more minutes and see what happens.
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Location mentioned:
Port Reading Ave, Woodbridge Township, NJ
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