Kevin P. McDonough (1953-1994)
John H. Rea, P.E.
Jay S. Troutman, Jr., P.E.
Scott T. Kennel
Traffic and Transportation Consulting
December 1, 2025
Jackson Township Planning Board
95 West Veterans Highway
Jackson, New Jersey 08527
Re: Proposed Shul
88 North New Prospect Road
Lot 14 of Block 5804
Jackson Township, Ocean County
MRA File No. 25-143
McDonough & Rea Associates (MRA) has been asked to provide Planning Board with a Traffic Impact Analysis for plans to construct a House of Worship (Shul) on the noted property. The property is located on the west side of North New Prospect Road approximately opposite Newark Avenue (access to Crawford Rodriguez Elementary School) as shown on Figure 1, a site Location Map, in the Appendix. Plans prepared by Haler Consulting (HC) show a single point of access, opposite Newark Avenue and 48 parking spaces to support the Shul.
In order to prepare a thorough Traffic Impact Analysis, MRA conducted the following tasks:
Made field visits to the site to establish existing roadway and traffic conditions in the area.
Conducted peak hour traffic counts at the intersection of North New Prospect Road/Newark Avenue.
Prepared estimates of additional traffic to be generated by the Shul, based on a worst-case scenario, one in which all 48 parking spaces turn over during a critical peak hour.
Prepared estimates of future traffic volume demand for a design year of 2035 after consulting the New Jersey Department of Transportation's background traffic growth rate data for the area.
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