MIDDLESEX TWP — County Commissioners Chairwoman Leslie Osche formally requested funding from Middlesex Township for the Balls Bend portion of the Gateway 228 construction project at a township supervisors meeting on Wednesday night.

The Balls Bend project portion of the Gateway 228 project in Middlesex is from Route 8 west to Officer Ed Brooks Drive.

Osche detailed the history of the 228 widening and straightening project, the Balls Bend portion of which is already underway. The county had secured federal grants for the project in 2018 and 2020.

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