Route 72 East in Stafford Township will be closed overnight as the state Department of Transportation contractor completes drainage repairs as part of the $312 million federally funded Causeway project.

Beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 14 until 8 a.m. Saturday, May 15, C.J. Hesse Inc., which is handling the final phase of the Causeway project, is scheduled to close Route 72 eastbound at the Marsha Drive intersection.