While the final phase of the multi-year, federally funded Causeway expansion and rehabilitation project on Ninth Street in Ship Bottom continues, work just 2 miles west at Marsha Drive in Stafford Township has temporarily been halted with a restart date of sometime in the fall.

The work stoppage is the result of N.J. Department of Transportation workers discovering the existing 72-inch culvert underneath Marsha Drive needs to be replaced before a new lane can be build atop it, according to Steve…