Camden County remains in a state of local emergency due to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Even tonight, strong residual effects of yesterday’s storm event remain as wind advisory continues until midnight. At this time and into tomorrow, travel deemed necessary is defined as the ability to go to school and work if those institutions are opened.
Freeholder Ian Leonard has been surveying the damage and hotspots throughout Camden County over the last 72 hours.
“Since this storm started we have asked residents to stay in their house and stay off the roads,” said Leonard. “We understand that on Wednesday residents will be on the road and we are asking them to use extreme caution while they drive and be cognizant of hundreds of work crews on our streets tomorrow.”
The Camden County Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Parks Department have crews on our roadways and working in our parks clearing debris. More than 100 trees were removed from County roadways today and last night and crews will continue to work into the remainder of the week.
“The County will have all hands on deck tomorrow re-mediating storm damage and clearing debris. In addition, we will have hundreds of utility crews returning power to more than 30,000 customers that do not have it,” said Leonard. “It’s imperative for residents, if they must drive, to be very careful of our men and women working beside them.”
For your commute tomorrow the DRPA bridges are open and operational along with the PATCO high-speed-line. NJ Transit will only have limited bus service in Camden City and will remain shuttered throughout the rest of the state.
Camden County offices and agencies, Camden County College, Camden County Library, Camden County Technical School, Camden County Boathouse and Camden County Board of Social Services are open tomorrow.
