Dear Bloomfield Township,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.

I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:
Council records: Agendas, minutes, full packets, recordings, and any resolutions/ordinances referencing Broad Street, the bridge, or the service area.

Interagency communications: Correspondence or meeting notes (including letters, emails, agendas, or MOUs) between the Township and NJTA, NJDOT, or Essex County regarding the bridge, the access change, or traffic studies.

Traffic/engineering records: Traffic counts, crash summaries, traffic studies, or consultant reports/deliverables in Township files, including any traffic analysis or study received from or discussed with NJTA.

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,
Marina

Dear Bloomfield Township,

My apologies I forgot to include my last name.

Yours faithfully,
Marina Davis

Dear Andrea Schneider,

Dear Andrea Schneider,

I am going to copy and paste my original email. My mistake:

Dear Bloomfield Township,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.

I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:
Council records: Agendas, minutes, full packets, recordings, and any resolutions/ordinances referencing Broad Street, the bridge, or the service area.

Interagency communications: Correspondence or meeting notes (including letters, emails, agendas, or MOUs) between the Township and NJTA, NJDOT, or Essex County regarding the bridge, the access change, or traffic studies.

Traffic/engineering records: Traffic counts, crash summaries, traffic studies, or consultant reports/deliverables in Township files, including any traffic analysis or study received from or discussed with NJTA.

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,
Marina Davis

Dear Andrea Schneider,

Timeframe: January 1, 2023 to present. I believe the timeframe fits into when the Connie Chung rest area was opened for public access to today.

Context: As reported by FOX5 NY in August 2025, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s Manager of Media Relations and Public Information, Tom Feeney, stated: “The Turnpike Authority did a traffic analysis and discovered that a large number of vehicles were leaving the southbound Parkway and cutting through the service area to exit onto Broad Street to avoid the toll on the Watchung Avenue exit. That was not just a toll revenue issue but also a safety issue. The parking lot and driveway in the service area are not designed to serve as a Parkway exit ramp. The additional traffic put pedestrians at risk.”

The “traffic analysis” referenced above—any copy received by Bloomfield (in whole or in part), including attachments, cover letters, transmittals, or presentations from NJTA or its consultants, and any internal Bloomfield distribution e-mails when it was received or discussed.

Safety findings considered by Bloomfield—any pedestrian-risk reviews, crash/incident analyses, or other safety assessments regarding the Connie Chung/Brookdale Service Area connection to Broad Street or the bridge/access point, whether created by Bloomfield or received from NJTA/NJDOT/Essex County or their consultants.

Interagency correspondence—e-mails, letters, meeting notes, agendas, calendar invites, or MOUs between Bloomfield officials/staff and (a) NJTA, (b) NJDOT, or (c) Essex County regarding: the bridge closure or restricted access between the service area and Bloomfield; toll-evasion/cut-through; traffic flow/impacts on Broad Street/Watchung Avenue; or pedestrian safety at the service area driveway.

Governing body materials—Council agendas, minutes, resolutions/ordinances, staff reports, or meeting packets where any of these terms appear: “Connie Chung,” “Brookdale Service Area,” “service area,” “bridge,” “access,” “Broad Street,” or “Watchung Avenue,” in relation to the closure/restriction.

Traffic/engineering materials in Bloomfield’s possession relating to the service area/Broad Street/Watchung Ave access: traffic counts (incl. turning-movement counts), queueing or safety analyses, crash summaries, consultant reports or deliverables, and any “traffic analysis” or memorandum discussed with NJTA/NJDOT.

Yours sincerely,
Marina Davis

Dear Andrea Schneider,

I just wanted to confirm that you have received the list of information I requested and whether it is acceptable.

Yours sincerely,

Marina Davis

Dear Andrea Schneider,

Do you have an estimated timeline of when I will receive this information?

Yours sincerely,

Marina

Dear Andrea Schneider,

Thank you so much!

Yours sincerely,

Marina

Dear Andrea Schneider,

Thank you so much this is great!! I truly appreciate it. Have a great day.

Yours sincerely,

Marina

Dear Andrea Schneider,

Just to confirm, is this all the records that I am able to receive? Or are there going to be more records coming from different Bloomfield departments? I just want to clarify since I only see Bloomfield Engineering information.

Thank you for your time.

Yours sincerely,

Marina