While work on the final phase of the Causeway project was halted last month for the remainder of the summer, one thing about the work hasn’t stopped: speculation about the new lane configuration on Route 72 at the base of the bridge system that connects Stafford Township to Long Beach Island.

Construction for that portion of the multi-year, federally funded project is currently in its Stage 1 configuration, according to Lizzy Galamba, a public information officer for the N.J.