Schooley's Power Returns, Roads Open Thursday
Progress being made in parts of Washington Township.
Power has been restored to the northern side of Schooley’s Mountain beyond the Schooley’s Mountain Firehouse, as well as Mountain Avenue in Hackettstown where lines for gas stretched for blocks.
Jersey Central Power & Light's outage map is showing 5,931 township customers without power as of 9 a.m. Thursday.
Aside from Schooley’s Mountain Road between Camp Washington Road and Fairview Avenues, all major arteries in Washington Township are now passable, according to the Office of Emergency Management.
The following roads are either closed or down to one lane as of Thursday morning:
- Rock Road at Flocktown Road
- Bartley Road near Black Oak Golf Club
- Spring Lane near Naughright Road
- East Valley Brook near house #138
- Old Farmers Road between Christopher and Liberty Hills Court
- Hacklebarney Road and Long Hill Road
- Hacklebarney Road between Old Farmers Road and Black River Road
- Pickle Road by house #40
- Black River Road between Parker Road and Pickle Road
- Parker Road by house #20
- Parker Road between Black River Road and Sun Valley Way
- Parker Road by Walnut Farm Road
- Fairmount Road between LV Center and Dog Park
- East Springtown between Camp Washington and park entrance
- West Springtown between Harvest Lane and RiceLane
- West Mill Road between Beacon Hill Road and Middle Valley Road
- Schooley's Mountain Road between "Big Turn"and Camp Washington Road
- Fairview Avenue by Scenic Falls Road
- Kings Highway near house #190
- Old Turnpike Road between Stephensburg Road and Route 57
- Mount Lebanon Road, North Mount Lebanon Road
- Mountain View Avenue
Jen
9:26 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Mountain View Ave still is impassable.
Greg in LV
11:14 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Good morning - Mountain View Ave is now open end to end. Please be careful near the big turn as the transformer is still laying in the road with high power lines.
Jason Koestenblatt
9:38 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Thanks for the update, Jen. We've added that to the article. For our readers - if we're missing any roads on this list, please let us know in the comments section. Thanks!
FourScore
9:42 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
When you say; "Power has been restored to the northern side of Schooley’s Mountain beyond the Schooley’s Mountain Firehouse...", I assume you're referring specifically to power on Schooley's Mountain Road. My house is technically north of the firehouse on Schooley's Mountain, and we still don't have power.
riffian metal
10:16 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Hi. Can you please update the list to either OPEN or CLOSED.. .there is a big difference between 1 lane OPEN and CLOSED... Thanks.
Chris
10:21 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
I'm at 309 Schooleys Mountain Road and we still don't have power. It's just north of flocktown road intersection which i assume would be included when one says north of the firehouse
amy lovenberg
10:57 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
North Four Bridges from North Bridge Drive to Drakestown is closed.
Rex
11:04 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
GAS UPDATE - Luke Oil Gas station was open on Mountain Ave this morning but ran out of gas around 2 hours ago. Police officers at Luke Oil said Raceway will open around noon
MaryLynn Schiavi
11:56 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Anyone know about Wehrli road?
MaryLynn Schiavi
11:57 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Is there power on pleasant grove road?
MaryLynn Schiavi
11:58 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Any Internet access in long valley?
Tracey Hos
1:00 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Any information on propane deliveries in Long Valley? Not getting any answer from Amerigas and will soon be out of propane...
Tracey Hos
1:21 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Let me clarify my question...Amerigas is not giving an ETA, not giving permission for their customers (who rent their tank!) to go to other 3rd parties...simply not communicating - is it demand they can not keep up with? shortage of propane, road closures? It is my first time dealing with them since I had Synergy before (Amerigas bought Synergy) and Synergy was great. Shocked at what I'm learning about Amerigas.
KimberlyR
12:37 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
I'm having the same problems with amerigas. Did you ever get a delivery from them?
Joanne
1:24 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Did Rock road get power?
Dave Stuehr
3:01 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
any one on nestlingwood have power??
Q
6:16 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Does anyone know if and when schooleys mountain road will be passable again?
Jennifer Simon
8:50 am on Friday, November 2, 2012
I'm. At 69 schooleys mtn rd and we finally had a utility worker come by and take pictures! This is the first tiny sign that anyone at jcp&l knows we exist. Can we please get a different power company? I am growing weary of the inefficiencies to say the least!
Robert
2:09 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
Between Tuesday and Thursday, I've seen three different repair trucks visit the south side of Schooley's Mountain Rd. taking pictures and taking notes, why so many visits? This information should have been collected on the first visit and the following visit should have been a repair crew. At this point, I don't want to see another camera, but tools in hand!
sher stec
3:11 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
Naughright Road at Arrowhead is closed. Haven't seen any JCP & L trucks at all anywhere in Long Valley. I heard of WRNJ that we will have voting on Tuesday, some districts will vote in different locations, is the patch going to give out that info? There is no where in Long Valley that has free internet access that i am aware of, there are a few in Hackettstown, Greenes Beans Coffee Shop is one, the Hackettstown Library is another.
Jason Koestenblatt
3:17 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
Hey Sher Stec - Thanks for the comment. We've been trying to get in touch with public officials throughout the day regarding elections, trick-or-treating and power outages, to name a few. We have also been trying to get in touch with members of JCP&L, but it's been very difficult to do so (and we've heard of Verizon cell phone outages as well). We're working very hard at getting as much information as possible. Once we have it, there will be a story with that information.
Thanks again for the comment and stay warm!
Rosana C Araujo
11:40 pm on Friday, November 2, 2012
does anyone could tell me if around 17 schooleys mountain rd had they power back? A friend of mine lives there and I cannot have any contact since last Monday night.
Natalie
8:10 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012
is there power on pleasant grove road yet?