This could greatly ease up traffic on Sycamore Avenue which is always backed up due to the train station in Little Silver.

I would love another way around Sycamore. I wonder, would the new traffic possibly bring more customers to future OP businesses?

great idea...

The 537 extension is not a good idea as a stand alone event. For it to be evaluated FMERA needs to present to the pople of Oceanport how this extension fits into future plans. If it is a prelude to a train station then the answer is easy, we don't want the extension

I think any extension should be aggressively engineered to accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists and ensure that the various Fort Monmouth projects end up being well integrated with each other and accessible via foot or bike as well as car. Increasing numbers of studies are showing that the walkability of communities increases the value of real estate in communities as varied as Washington D.C., Ohio (Cleveland, I think) and Denver.

The future of this area is really dependent on making it walkable, bikeable and providing easy access to the Little Silver train station. The goal of the local communities, the county and FMERA should be to tightly integrate all the various developments in the immediate area of the Main Post via walking and biking paths and transit options like the electric buses they have in downtown Denver, or even with streetcar or trolley options that could move people among the various commercial centers which will eventually run from Monmouth Park to the heart of the old Main Post and on up to the Little Silver train station.

Extending highways in isolation from a future plan of tightly integrated walkable development is a recipe for disaster.

We, as residents of Oceanport, would have to have more information before we support this plan. For example, what is it bringing traffic to? If a college or university comes to the area then it may make sense, but to simply shift traffic from one part the area to another makes no sense. Remember, Oceanport has a lot of quaint neighborhoods that run parallel to the Fort that could see a huge increase in congestion if this plan is not implemented correctly.

Joesph ----- Doesnt it make sense to have a road that allows you to travel straight ?--- Straight is the shortest distance between two plkaces -----Peolpe arent going to travel the road if they arent heading to Oceanport or Little Silver or in that direction

The ironic thing, of course, is that for years before 9/11, civilians WERE able to traverse thru the Fort - even when it was commissioned - albeit at 25 mph, without stopping for security checks. Now that the Fort is decomissioned, and all the post-9/11 security apparati abandoned, one would think it would be an easy task to merely return to status quo ante - open the Fort's gates and allow thru traffic, once again. Concrete barriers - which happen to be stockpiled on the property since they are no longer needed for checkpoint reasons - could be used to gate off side streets. The 25 mph limit could be raised to 35 mph, or just restored to 25 mph. This would have minimal impact on traffic flow. How do we know? It used to be in place for years! We already have the data, and that was during a time when the Fort was in operation. Traffic would now be even less. Let's try being reasonable, assessing already proven history, open the gates, throw up the barriers to side streets, and just not sweat it.

Just open the gates. We don't need another project. Anything more will create a traffic problem at the Oceanport Ave terminus.

Let's not make a big deal about it. Open the gates and let the traffic flow naturally and at 25 mph. I'd like to open a new small business at the fort and increased traffic could only help.