Revamping Route 1

I live close to Route 1 and over the years, traffic is pretty congested all the time. I am guessing the reasoning is that Route 1 runs through many of mall strips. Two of large malls are there, Menlo park mall and Woodbridge mall, not to mention Best buy is opposite of the Woodbridge mall. In the past year, more and more chain restaurants are coming up, like Bone Fish, Famous Daves, Olive Garden, Cheesecake Factory and recently they put a Betting racetrack. It seems like there is no end to the congestion.

Today, things are looking up. As I drive down route 1 to Pennsylvania, I noticed lots of activities going on. They expanding the roads for extra lanes and redirecting the routes to make access easier. They also improved some of the u-turn routes which is great. So far, I am loving it; a little painful right now with the constructions, but it's all good. I can see the end of congestion with these great improvements. Oh, I am told they put in cameras on some of the lights; not sure why if traffic moves pretty slow these days. I am guessing it's not for speed trap but for safety.

With the improvements of these Route 1, I just hope it's enough. Another observation I noticed is the attractions of more dealerships, Like Honda which I didn't noticed before, it's not like Honda is a big deal, but it is just interesting how Route 1 is evolving more and more city like.