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Traffic light outage closes Route 46 in New JerseyBergen County NJ

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audio iconRoad Closure
US-46, New Jersey

According to the dispatch call, a traffic signal outage on Route 46 in New Jersey caused a full road closure. Police redirected vehicles east and west while waiting for the Department of Transportation to arrive and restore service.

Audio|Heard on: Bergen NJ Law Dispatch Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:28
Transcript:
00:00
4-7, did DOT give us any ETA for this light?
00:10
I'll see the reason their way up to you to take a little bit.
00:14
I'm sure they're sitting in traffic getting here because they were told that we had to shut it completely down.
00:26
Okay, do you have colleagues in the rear of your vehicle? 5-0 came in to retrieve some more, having a little bit of the difficulty fighting them?
00:36
Okay, I see.
00:37
I think it's the Teterboro School.
00:40
Force out of all the units.
00:42
If the only light is out,
00:44
it's 46.
00:46
It looks like DOT may be pulling up now.
00:51
Let's just grab everything and force all traffic east and west on Route 46.
00:57
No cut throughs at Bergen Turnpike.
00:59
Close the lanes down, the turn lane.
01:02
Let everything go east and west.
01:05
We'll let something out.
01:06
That's the safest way.
01:07
It's coming across.
01:08
Impossible without the lights.
01:10
All right, 4-7, do you want me to contact you can't even for more traffic homes or are we good right now please be and to keep that out there?
01:21
No, you know, good.
01:22
I'm going to reorganize it.
01:24
They can't get it to know quick and I'll find a way to make it work.
01:28
Thank you.

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US-46, New Jersey

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