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Leonia Road Closures: Both Legal And Guess What? They Worked Leonia Road Closures: Both Legal And Guess What? They Worked
Leonia Road Closures: Both Legal And Guess What? They Worked LEONIA, N.J. -- Leonia Police Chief Thomas Rowe was headed to work Tuesday morning in yet another George Washington Bridge-bound traffic jam when he checked Waze -- which told him NOT to take a borough side street but to stay on Route 95 instead. In only its second day, Leonia's internationally-publicized rush-hour street closing initiative was working. The key: Navigation companies are programming the "Do Not Enter" restrictions on five dozen local streets into their GPS apps. "For four or five years now, the apps told you to come directly through Leonia," Rowe said. &…

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