Lakewood drivers should prepare for overnight traffic disruptions Thursday night as roadwork and utility projects will impact several major roadways throughout the township.

A contractor will be repaving portions of several streets off Route 9, resulting in major disruptions. Work is scheduled on Providence Boulevard, Finchley Boulevard, Elmhurst Avenue, Yale Avenue, Ford Avenue, and Roosevelt Avenue, with approximately 25 feet of each roadway near Route 9 being repaved.

As part of the project, Route 9 will be fully closed in both directions between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Southbound traffic will be detoured via Prospect Street to Massachusetts Avenue and then to Cross Street. Northbound motorists will be directed to use Chestnut Street, New Hampshire Avenue, and Oak Street.

In a separate project, New Jersey Natural Gas will continue infrastructure improvements along Martin Luther King Drive between Cedarbridge Avenue and Center Street beginning at 8 p.m.

One lane of traffic will remain open between Cedarbridge Avenue and Pine Street during the work. Motorists seeking access to Cedarbridge Avenue from Martin Luther King Drive will be detoured via Center Street.