Street Safety Projects

Published on August 07, 2025

2026

Upcoming Stop Sign Installations:

• South Mountain Avenue & Gates Avenue
• Harrison Avenue & Porter Place
• Claremont Avenue & North Willow Avenue

RRFB (Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons) Installation:

• Elm Street & Elmwood Avenue & Hawthorne Place

Ongoing Engineering & Design Work:

• Harrison Avenue between the West Orange Line & Llewellyn Road
• Maple Avenue Streetscape Improvements between Bloomfield Avenue & Woodland Avenue

Upcoming Construction:

• Upper Mountain Avenue
• Water Utility Work south of Watchung Avenue
• Roadway safety improvements and traffic calming work between Watchung Avenue & Jerome Place & Seneca Place

Proposed Changes

New Traffic Patterns:

• Sutherland Road (One way Westbound)

New Stop Sign:

• Harrison Avenue at Cedar Avenue & Sutherland Road

2024-2025 
From 2024-2025, the township installed a number of traffic safety improvements, which you can find on one of the maps below. The improvements include: 

• 6 new push-button flashing pedestrian lights
• 14 new multi-way stop intersections
• reflective traffic posts in 38 locations
• 2 intersections with painted curb extensions
• 1 new traffic signal with enhanced pedestrian safety features
• 6.7 miles of Township roadways resurfaced and repainted

Ongoing Speed-Reducing Studies: The Township is actively conducting several speed-reducing studies at priority locations throughout the township in 2025. In addition, Essex County is is the process of upgrading county road intersections. Below you can find a map of the current studies in Montclair.

Interactive Traffic Safety Map: The Township has also created an interactive map for traffic safety in Montclair, where you can filter out several "layers" to see the data relevant to you. You can see specific layers such as multi-way stop intersections, crossing guard locations, crash data from recent years, and more. Click here to access the map.