FAIR LAWN, N.J. — A $100,000 state grant is expected to help Fair Lawn businesses recover from months of PSE&G construction that disrupted traffic along River Road.

Among the businesses located on the busy corridor are three kosher establishments, Zevy’s Pizza, Benjy’s Pizza and Perfect Pita, which are part of a River Road business community affected by the construction.

Fair Lawn Main Street Inc., which manages the borough’s special improvement districts, received the $100,000 grant this month from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. The money was part of a $750,000 Main Street New Jersey Transformation Grant awarded to 12 municipalities across the state.

The economic development organization plans to use some of the funding to support businesses on River Road that were negatively affected by the PSE&G project, according to Ryan Greff, executive director of Fair Lawn Main Street Inc.

The funding could be used for marketing, promotional activities and in-store giveaways designed to encourage customers to return and help the business district recover.

“If you close a road for weeks and months on end, that’s a threat to your livelihood,” Greff said.

During the fall and winter, PSE&G periodically shut down River Road during peak business hours while work was underway.

“When your business district is a local highway that’s depending on traffic coming through River Road, that shuts down your customer base pretty significantly,” Greff said.

Greff said Fair Lawn Main Street Inc. has been advocating with PSE&G for months as business owners navigate various claims processes related to the construction.

Although the organization was told most of the work was finished, there were several additional days this summer when River Road was closed, Greff said. The group’s board is still discussing the best ways to distribute the grant funding, with a portion planned for River Road businesses.

Haus Cafe owner Jaime Lyn Geduldick said construction sometimes took place throughout the workweek from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. during October, November and December.

For a coffee shop, those morning hours are among the busiest.

“Sometimes they’d clean up the street by 3 p.m., but by then, the day was dead,” Geduldick said. “It affected business so much.”

Fair Lawn Mayor Cristina Cutrone has also asked PSE&G to schedule future road work in business districts during evening hours or outside prime operating times.

“I’m cautiously optimistic that they will respect the formal request not to do road work during business hours,” Cutrone said.