Improvements to the intersection of Marsha Drive and Route 72 are expected to begin in the spring, according to state transportation officials. A contract for the work, part of the final phase of the $312 million federally funded Causeway expansion and rehabilitation project, is expected to be awarded sometime early next month.  

It’s unclear whether the spring road work will require a detour or lane/road closures and how it will impact traffic onto and off of LBI as its busy season begins.