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What Causes Menopause

What Causes Menopause?

The most common reason for menopause is the natural decline in a female's reproductive hormones. However, menopause can also result from the following situations:

Oophorectomy: This surgery, which removes a woman's ovaries, causes immediate menopause. Symptoms and signs of menopause in this situation can be severe, as the hormonal changes happen abruptly.

Chemotherapy: Cancer treatments like chemotherapy can induce menopause quickly, causing symptoms to appear shortly after or even during treatment.

Ovarian Insufficiency: Also called premature ovarian failure, this condition is essentially premature menopause. It happens when a woman's ovaries quit functioning before the age of 40 and can stem from genetic factors and disease. Only 1% of women suffer from premature menopause, but HRT can help protect the heart, brain, and bones.

Depression

Depression

If you're a woman going through menopause and find that you have become increasingly depressed, you're not alone. It's estimated that 15% of women experience depression to some degree while going through menopause. What many women don't know is that depression can start during perimenopause, or the years leading up to menopause.

Depression can be hard to diagnose, especially during perimenopause and menopause. However, if you notice the following signs, it might be time to speak with a physician:

  • Mood Swings
  • Inappropriate Guilt
  • Chronic Fatigue
  • Too Much or Too Little Sleep
  • Lack of Interest in Life
  • Overwhelming Feelings

Remember, if you're experiencing depression, you're not weak or broken - you're going through a very regular emotional experience. The good news is that with proper treatment from your doctor, depression isn't a death sentence. And with HRT and anti-aging treatment for women, depression could be the catalyst you need to enjoy a new lease on life.

Hot Flashes

Hot Flashes

Hot flashes - they're one of the most well-known symptoms of menopause. Hot flashes are intense, sudden feelings of heat across a woman's upper body. Some last second, while others last minutes, making them incredibly inconvenient and uncomfortable for most women.

Symptoms of hot flashes include:

  • Sudden, Overwhelming Feeling of Heat
  • Anxiety
  • High Heart Rate
  • Headache
  • Nausea
  • Dizziness

Typically, hot flashes are caused by a lack of estrogen. Low estrogen levels negatively affect a woman's hypothalamus, the part of the brain that controls body temperature and appetite. Low estrogen levels cause the hypothalamus to incorrectly assume the body is too hot, dilating blood vessels to increase blood flow. Luckily, most women don't have to settle for the uncomfortable feelings that hot flashes cause. HRT treatments for women often stabilize hormones, lessening the effects of hot flashes and menopause in general.

Mood Swings

Mood Swings

Mood swings are common occurrences for most people - quick shifts from happy to angry and back again, triggered by a specific event. And while many people experience mood swings, they are particularly common for women going through menopause. That's because, during menopause, the female's hormones are often imbalanced. Hormone imbalances and mood swings go hand-in-hand, resulting in frequent mood changes and even symptoms like insomnia.

The rate of production of estrogen, a hormone that fluctuates during menopause, largely determines the rate of production the hormone serotonin, which regulates mood, causing mood swings.

Luckily, HRT and anti-aging treatments in Andover, NJ for women work wonders for mood swings by regulating hormone levels like estrogen. With normal hormone levels, women around the world are now learning that they don't have to settle for mood swings during menopause.

Weight Gain

Weight Gain

Staying fit and healthy is hard for anyone living in modern America. However, for women with hormone imbalances during perimenopause or menopause, weight gain is even more serious. Luckily, HRT treatments for women coupled with a physician-led diet can help keep weight in check. But which hormones need to be regulated?

  • Estrogen: During menopause, estrogen levels are depleted. As such, the body must search for other sources of estrogen. Because estrogen is stored in fat, your body believes it should increase fat production during menopause. Estrogen also plays a big part in insulin resistance, which can make it even harder to lose weight and keep it off.
  • Progesterone: Progesterone levels are also depleted during menopause. Progesterone depletion causes bloating and water retention, while loss of testosterone limits the body's ability to burn calories.
  • Ongoing Stress: Stress makes our bodies think that food is hard to come by, putting our bodies in "survival mode". When this happens, cortisol production is altered. When cortisol timing changes, the energy in the bloodstream is diverted toward making fat. With chronic stress, this process repeatedly happens, causing extensive weight gain during menopause.
Low Libido

Low Libido

Lowered sexual desire - three words most men and women hate to hear. Unfortunately, for many women in perimenopausal and menopausal states, it's just a reality of life. Thankfully, today, HRT and anti-aging treatments Andover, NJ can help women maintain a normal, healthy sex drive. But what causes low libido in women, especially as they get older?

The hormones responsible for low libido in women are progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone.

Progesterone production decreases during perimenopause, causing low sex drive in women. Lower progesterone production can also cause chronic fatigue, weight gain, and other symptoms. On the other hand, lower estrogen levels during menopause lead to vaginal dryness and even vaginal atrophy or loss of muscle tension.

Lastly, testosterone plays a role in lowered libido. And while testosterone is often grouped as a male hormone, it contributes to important health and regulatory functionality in women. A woman's testosterone serves to heighten sexual responses and enhances orgasms. When the ovaries are unable to produce sufficient levels of testosterone, it often results in a lowered sex drive.

Vaginal Dryness

Vaginal Dryness

Often uncomfortable and even painful, vaginal dryness is a serious problem for sexually active women. However, like hair loss in males, vaginal dryness is very common - almost 50% of women suffer from it during menopause.

Getting older is just a part of life, but that doesn't mean you have to settle for the side effects. HRT and anti-aging treatments for women correct vaginal dryness by re-balancing estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. When supplemented with diet and healthy living, your vagina's secretions are normalized, causing discomfort to recede.

Fibroids

Fibroids

Uterine fibroids - they're perhaps the least-known symptom of menopause and hormone imbalances in women. That's because these growths on the uterus are often symptom-free. Unfortunately, these growths can be cancerous, presenting a danger for women as they age.

Many women will have fibroids at some point. Because they're symptomless, they're usually found during routine doctor exams. Some women only get one or two, while others may have large clusters of fibroids. Because fibroids are usually caused by hormone imbalances, hysterectomies have been used as a solution, forcing women into early menopause.

Advances in HRT and anti-aging medicine for women give females a safer, non-surgical option without having to experience menopause early. At Global Life Rejuvenation, our expert physicians will implement a customized HRT program to stabilize your hormones and reduce the risk of cancerous fibroid growth.

Endometriosis

Endometriosis

Endometriosis symptoms are much like the effects of PMS, and include pelvic pain, fatigue, cramping, and bloating. While doctors aren't entirely sure what causes this painful, uncomfortable condition, most agree that hormones - particularly xenoestrogens - play a factor.

Endometriosis symptoms are much like the effects of PMS and include pelvic pain, fatigue, cramping, and bloating. While doctors aren't entirely sure what causes this painful, uncomfortable condition, most agree that hormones - particularly xenoestrogens - play a factor.

Xenoestrogen is a hormone that is very similar to estrogen. Too much xenoestrogen is thought to stimulate endometrial tissue growth. HRT for women helps balance these hormones and, when used with a custom nutrition program, can provide relief for women across the U.S.

What is Sermorelin

What is Sermorelin?

Sermorelin is a synthetic hormone peptide, like GHRH, which triggers the release of growth hormones. When used under the care of a qualified physician, Sermorelin can help you lose weight, increase your energy levels, and help you feel much younger.

Benefits of Sermorelin

Benefits of Sermorelin

Human growth hormone (HGH) therapy has been used for years to treat hormone deficiencies. Unlike HGH, which directly replaces declining human growth hormone levels, Sermorelin addresses the underlying cause of decreased HGH, stimulating the pituitary gland naturally. This approach keeps the mechanisms of growth hormone production active.

  • Benefits of Sermorelin include:
  • Better Immune Function
  • Improved Physical Performance
  • More Growth Hormone Production
  • Less Body Fat
  • Build More Lean Muscle
  • Better Sleep
What is Ipamorelin

What is Ipamorelin?

Ipamorelin helps to release growth hormones in a person's body by mimicking a peptide called ghrelin. Ghrelin is one of three hormones which work together to regulate the growth hormone levels released by the pituitary gland. Because Ipamorelin stimulates the body to produce growth hormone, your body won't stop its natural growth hormone production, which occurs with synthetic HGH.

Ipamorelin causes growth hormone secretion that resembles natural release patterns rather than being constantly elevated from HGH. Because ipamorelin stimulates the natural production of growth hormone, our patients can use this treatment long-term with fewer health risks.

Benefits of Ipamorelin

Benefits of Ipamorelin

One of the biggest benefits of Ipamorelin is that it provides significant short and long-term benefits in age management therapies. Ipamorelin can boost a patient's overall health, wellbeing, and outlook on life.

When there is an increased concentration of growth hormone by the pituitary gland, there are positive benefits to the body. Some benefits include:

  • Powerful Anti-Aging Properties
  • More Muscle Mass
  • Less Unsightly Body Fat
  • Deep, Restful Sleep
  • Increased Athletic Performance
  • More Energy
  • Less Recovery Time for Training Sessions and Injuries
  • Enhanced Overall Wellness and Health
  • No Significant Increase in Cortisol

Your New, Youthful Lease on Life with HRT for Women

Whether you are considering our HRT and anti-aging treatments for women in Andover, NJ, we are here to help. The first step to reclaiming your life begins by contacting Global Life Rejuvenation. Our friendly, knowledgeable HRT experts can help answer your questions and walk you through our procedures. From there, we'll figure out which treatments are right for you. Before you know it, you'll be well on your way to looking and feeling better than you have in years!

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Last of Woodland's residents leave as embattled Andover nursing home shutters

It became apparent at the height of the COVID-19 outbreak that society's most vulnerable had been hardest hit, as the virus infiltrated nursing homes across the state. The warnings of just how devastating was evident in April 2020 when residents at an Andover nursing home, one of the largest in the state, began to perish, one by one.As local and state leaders spoke out, family lawsuits began to pour in and federal officials took notice, a portrait began to emerge of a long-term care facility, already ...

It became apparent at the height of the COVID-19 outbreak that society's most vulnerable had been hardest hit, as the virus infiltrated nursing homes across the state. The warnings of just how devastating was evident in April 2020 when residents at an Andover nursing home, one of the largest in the state, began to perish, one by one.

As local and state leaders spoke out, family lawsuits began to pour in and federal officials took notice, a portrait began to emerge of a long-term care facility, already years-deep in failed inspections, unable to control the virus's invasion as it wreaked havoc inside.

Now, over two years since 17 bodies were found piled in a morgue meant to hold a few, the former Andover Subacute II, later renamed Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center, has closed its doors and the last of its residents have found new places to call home.

A spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Health confirmed there are no longer occupants inside the sprawling facility on Mulford Road, which at one time offered 543 beds for those with Alzheimer's and dementia as well as other mental and physical disabilities. A security team and a small group of clerical and maintenance staff remain inside, spokesperson Nancy Kearney said.

Since a judge's May decision to appoint a receiver to oversee operations, a move that temporarily stripped owners Chaim Scheinbaum and Louis Schwartz of their roles, 358 residents were moved to other proper placements. Most residents were moved to other nursing homes, and a few have gone to medical boarding homes.

The swift but mindful move of residents was complete by Aug. 11, four days before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services terminated funding, which made up 92% of the facility's revenue. Amid scathing allegations that residents were facing abuse and neglect after an inspectors' report in February, years after the facility was cast in the national spotlight, state officials took their own steps in May and revoked the facility's license.

Attorneys representing Alliance Healthcare Holdings, which operates Woodland, did not respond to requests for comment and have not spoken on the issue since an email sent to the New Jersey Herald in March. They have also been mum in court filings, having filed no paperwork since June. An attorney representing BNJD Mulford Property, an Illinois-based company that owns the property and leases the building to Alliance, also has not responded to requests for comment.

The future of the facility, which sits on nearly 17 acres of land in Sussex County, remains uncertain. Kearney said the state Department of Health has not received any applications for a license transfer, but the future of the building is in the hands of those who own it.

'Experiencing greater freedom'

Woodland's owners took the position that finding other facilities for the residents would prove difficult, but once they were removed by court order, transitions out of the facility went quick, said Laurie Brewer, New Jersey's long-term care ombudsman.

"Many of the residents at Woodland who had been labeled as difficult were being set up for failure by the facility," Brewer said.

As an advocate whose office protects the rights and preserves the health of those in long-term care facilities, Brewer said she is finding that residents are doing much better in their new homes.

At Woodland, she said, staffing was limited, residents rarely stepped outside and there were no therapeutic activities or counseling available. Residents consumed "junk and sodas" during the day, rather than being offered nutritious meals, Brewer added.

"The state of New Jersey absolutely did the right thing by moving everyone out and revoking the license," she said.

Brewer said that although some residents found it difficult to leave after developing bonds with some dedicated staff members, those residents "were in the minority."

"These former Woodland residents tell us they are happier and are experiencing greater freedom and better quality of care in their new homes," she added.

While Brewer said she, too, is unsure what the future holds for the facility, she is adamant that it never be a long-term care facility as large as Woodland once was.

"There is no way that a long-term care institution of this size should ever be permitted to operate in this state again," she said. "Massive institutions like this one should be a relic of the past."

Lori Comstock can be reached on Twitter: @LoriComstockNJH, on Facebook:www.Facebook.com/LoriComstockNJH or by phone: 973-383-1194.

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Property DetailsLocationLot size and SQFTStoriesFind out more about this property.Local Home ServicesAdvertisementEstimateSMChart showing a history of this property's value.Valuation providerEstimateQuantarium$466,207Collateral Analytics$461,548...

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07/14/2023Sold$480,000 $457 Public Record
06/01/2023Sold$480,000 - GardenState
03/30/2023Listed$450,000 - GardenState
06/16/2020Listing Removed- - NewJerseyMLS
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05/29/2020Listed$360,000 - GardenState
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2022$9,688$85,500+$179,200=$264,700
2021$9,539$85,500+$179,200=$264,700
2020$9,460$85,500+$179,200=$264,700
2019$9,447$85,500+$179,200=$264,700
2018$9,383$85,500+$179,200=$264,700
2017$7,251$85,500+$122,700=$208,200
2016$7,130$85,500+$122,700=$208,200

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Byram Lakes Elementary SchoolK - 4public4537 reviews2.8 mi

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Lenape Val Regional High School9 - 12public6656 reviews3.9 mi

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145 N Forest Lake Dr, Byram Township, NJ 07821$550,80053-11631
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21 Lake View Dr, Byram Township, NJ 07821$384,900--120414723
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23 Lake View Dr, Byram Twp, NJ 07821$448,100--186011805

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Eight Candidates Vie for Three Sparta Board of Education Seats

SPARTA, NJ – It is another crowded ballot in Sparta this year as eight candidates have filed petitions for the November 7, 2023 election. Sparta has three 3-year seats on the ballot this year. Candidates are listed in the order released by the Sussex County Clerk.LeeAnn M. Pitzer is an incumbent, having won a 1-year position in 2022. She is running under the “Students First” slogan.Christina “Longo” Keiling, also an incumbent having won a 1-year position in 2022 wi...

SPARTA, NJ – It is another crowded ballot in Sparta this year as eight candidates have filed petitions for the November 7, 2023 election. Sparta has three 3-year seats on the ballot this year. Candidates are listed in the order released by the Sussex County Clerk.

LeeAnn M. Pitzer is an incumbent, having won a 1-year position in 2022. She is running under the “Students First” slogan.

Christina “Longo” Keiling, also an incumbent having won a 1-year position in 2022 will be running on a ticket with Dana Dumpert and Robert Meara bracketed under the slogan “Voices of Reason.”

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Niamh “Mahon” Grano, a former board of education member is running with the slogan “Experienced, Consistent, Dedicated.”

Former student representative to the board of education Chad Wood is running on a bracketed ticket with former board of education member Jennifer “Lonsky” Grana and Kaitlin Gagnon under the slogan “Stop Raising Taxes.”

Other Sussex County Board of Education races:

Andover Regional - Andover Borough - one 3-year seat: James Fetchio

Andover Regional - Andover Township - two 3-year seats: Maria Dunbar, Robert Koroski

Byram Township - three 3-year seats: James G. McBain, Alexandria Cicchetti-Smith, Lauren Pedersen, Julie Lucente

Frankford Township (includes Branchville) – three 3-year seats: Darrin Chambers, Kathleen Reiz Adam, Chris Dexter, Jr., Charlene Molnar and Mindy Smith & Jessie Vaughan*

Franklin Borough - three 3-year seats: Wayne Bartro, Kathleen Clohessey

Fredon Township – April Election

Green Township – three 3-year seats: Maureen McGuire, Marie S. Bilik, Maarit Kelvin Korpos, Melissa Van Blarcom

Hamburg Borough – three 3-year seats: Robert Jones & Tricia Schels & David Dreifus*

Hamburg Borough – one 2-year seat: Lois Ferguson

Hampton Township – three 2-year seats: Susan Maria Knoll, Anna Hackelberg, Joseph A. Santora, Jr.

Hampton Township – one 1-year seat: Ellyn R. DeCaro

Hardyston Township – three 3-year seats: Susan Lucarelli & Lorraine Mennona* , Nicholas Demask & Drelick*, Savas G. Savidis & Ana Bertoni DeOliveira & Renee M. Maupai

High Point Regional High School – Frankford one 3-year seat:

High Point Regional High School – Sussex Borough one 3-year seat:

High Point Regional High School – Wantage Township one 3-year seat: Wayne Dunn

Hopatcong Borough – three 3-year seats: James Chaffee, Jr & Natalia Cappello*, Jayson Cittrich, Joseph Falconi

Hopatcong Borough – one 1-year seat:

Kittatinny Regional High School – Fredon Township one 3-year seat: Wayne Murch, (vacancy can be filled by August 24)

Kittatinny Regional High School – Hampton Township one 3-year seat:

Kittatinny Regional High School – Hampton Township one 1-year seat: Joseph A. Zweig

Kittatinny Regional High School – Sandyston Township one 3-year seat: Robert E. Greene

Lafayette Township – three 3-year seats: Deborah A. Fagan, William Dianella, Perry S. Williams, Joshua Aikens

Lenape Valley Regional High School – Byram Township two 3-year seats: Katy Cherry, Shelley Credidio

Lenape Valley Regional High School – Stanhope one 3-year seat: Sherry Fehir

Montague Township – April Election

Newton – three 3-year seats: Lisa Qarmout, Stella Dunn, Julie A. Fahy

Ogdensburg Borough – three 3-year seats: Stacy Walsh, Lazaro Menendez, Toni Corban

Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated – Robert Eulo, Colleen D. Hewitt, Jo-Ann A. Williamson

Stanhope Borough – three 3-year seats: Carmen A. Pico, Lana Leguia, Yacoub Yagham, Avery Quale-Badolato,

Stillwater Township – three 3-year seats: Dennis DeGroat, Amy Valeich, Krista Galante

Sussex Wantage Regional – three 3-year seats: Deborah Jenkins Braconi & Stephanie McPherson & Trevor McPherson*, Daniel “Danny” Van Tassel, Caitlin Space & Stevie Vallone & Nicholas D’Agostino*

Vernon Township – three 3-year seats: Elaine Colianni, Carl Contino, Adina Hope, Charles Cimaglia

Vernon Township – one 1-year seat: Veronica Castner

Wallkill Valley Regional – Franklin Borough one 3-year seat: Traci Dressner

Wallkill Valley Regional – Hamburg Borough one 3-year seat: Virginia Jones

Wallkill Valley Regional – Hardyston one 3-year seat: Jacqueline Elmo, Brian Tobachnick, Michael T. Davina, Zachery Dora

*Indicates bracketed candidate that will appear in adjacent slots on the ballot, running with the same slogan, if any.

Candidates are listed in order released by the Sussex County Clerk. Actual ballot positions will be drawn in the county clerk’s office on August 14 at 3 p.m.

Get ready for nine months of detours as Route 206 bridge is replaced in Andover

ANDOVER BOROUGH — A project to replace the Route 206 bridge and two-cell concrete tunnel at the Pequest River will disrupt traffic for about nine months, said the state Department of Transportation.Still in its early planning stage, the project will replace the 111-year-old bridge and tunnels that have become deteriorated over the years, said the DOT. The concrete is chipping and peeling away, metal has rusted and there are leaks, according to project information.No dates have yet been set for the work to b...

ANDOVER BOROUGH — A project to replace the Route 206 bridge and two-cell concrete tunnel at the Pequest River will disrupt traffic for about nine months, said the state Department of Transportation.

Still in its early planning stage, the project will replace the 111-year-old bridge and tunnels that have become deteriorated over the years, said the DOT. The concrete is chipping and peeling away, metal has rusted and there are leaks, according to project information.

No dates have yet been set for the work to be comleted.

The road surface of Route 206 through the tunnel is a bridge carrying the river's tributary.

When construction begins, Route 206 will be closed on each side, while access to homes will be maintained, and a miles-long detour put in place.

During construction, local traffic will be detoured along Lenape Road, Andover Mohawk Road, Roseville Road and Tamarack Road.

On Route 80, westbound traffic will be directed from Exit 25 to Exit 19 and will take County routes 517, 603 and 606 to Brighton Avenue and High Street to get reach Route 206.

The Route 206 tunnel is a 33-foot wide, two-lane roadway above a 335-foot long, two-cell culvert where the stream flows.

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The structure was built in 1910 and does not meet today's standards, according to the DOT. The existing bridge is structurally deficient due to the poor condition of the roof slab and center wall and needs to be replaced, the department notes.

The roadway has substandard shoulders and vertical clearance as it passes through the tunnel.

The plan is to replace the Route 206 bridge with a new structure that will be independent of the existing tunnel.

The new bridge will be similar to what is there now, however, the replacement bridge will be a two-cell precast concrete box culvert structure.

Route 206 will be realigned and the tunnel enlarged to accommodate wider traffic lanes and sidewalks.

The project also calls for moving electric and communications lines as well as the Andover Borough's 6-inch water main.

The DOT has created a website that includes a 10-minute presentation of the project at: https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/community/meetings/. Comments from the public will be accepted through Oct. 10. The online site will be taken down on that date, but the department will still accept comments, said spokesman Stephan Schapiro.

Editor's note: The story has been edited to reflect that no start date has yet been set on the project.

NJ Transit advances Lackawanna Cutoff Project

The NJ Transit Board of Directors advanced the project to restore rail service to Sussex County along the Lackawanna Cutoff with the approval of a contract to rehabilitate the Roseville Tunnel. The rehabilitation of the Roseville Tunnel is a crucial element in restoring passenger rail service from Port Morris to a new proposed station in Andover.“It has long been the promise of NJ Transit to the people of Sussex County to restore service along the Lackawanna Cutoff,” said New Jersey Department of Tr...

The NJ Transit Board of Directors advanced the project to restore rail service to Sussex County along the Lackawanna Cutoff with the approval of a contract to rehabilitate the Roseville Tunnel.

The rehabilitation of the Roseville Tunnel is a crucial element in restoring passenger rail service from Port Morris to a new proposed station in Andover.

“It has long been the promise of NJ Transit to the people of Sussex County to restore service along the Lackawanna Cutoff,” said New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner and NJ Transit Board Chair Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti. “The contract for rehabilitation of the Roseville Tunnel demonstrates this administration’s commitment to turn words into action and deliver accessible public transportation options and service to customers around the state.”

“The contract for rehabilitation of the Roseville Tunnel demonstrates NJ Transit’scommitment to the residents of Sussex County in restoring rail service along the Lackawanna Cutoff,” said NJ Transit President & CEO Kevin Corbett. “As we work toward maximizing equitable access to public transportation throughout New Jersey, I’m pleased that we’re advancing this important project in the northwest portion of our state where transit options are more limited.”

The contract with Schiavone Construction Co. LLC of Secaucus, N.J. includes the final design, construction, and commissioning of the Roseville Tunnel Rehabilitation project. The approximately $32.5 million contract is part of NJ Transit’s larger Lackawanna Cutoff Restoration project.

The Lackawanna Cutoff Restoration project focuses on the planned restoration of passenger rail service on the east end of the Lackawanna Cutoff, between Port Morris and Andover, building a new rail station in Andover and replacing approximately seven miles of track. As part of the project, the Roseville Tunnel, which is a rock tunnel located near Roseville Road in Byram Township, will be rehabilitated.

The work in the contract awarded to Schiavone Construction Co. LLC includes stabilization of rock slopes, construction of 8,000 ft of track bed, drainage improvements, lighting and communication for the tunnel, and replacement of two culverts (Hudson Farm culvert and Junction Brook culvert), and other related work.

The Lackawanna Cutoff Restoration Project from Port Morris to Andover is anticipated to be completed in late 2026.

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