Voorhees Township has several Camden County owned roads that are maintained and repaired by the County. Kresson Road is one of them and it will be repaired and repaved by Camden County starting the week of May 5, with construction expected to continue until October.
Camden County has begun a 10 year road repair plan, budgeting $25 million per year, with Kresson Road part of their first year’s plans. The road will be paved from Evesham Road to just west of Route 73. Concrete curb and driveway work will be the first phase with the actual paving scheduled for August. Completion is planned before the start of the school year. There are no plans for the road to be closed although there will be times where only one lane will be open to traffic. The hours of work will be from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. There are no plans for weekend or night work.
Our County Engineer held a meeting earlier this month with representatives from Voorhees Police, Fire Department, EMS, Public Utilities, Board of Education and affected businesses to discuss the work schedule in detail and make sure all issues by those in attendance were addressed. School busing concerns were reviewed extensively and it is not anticipated that there will be problems with bussing in the morning and work will be stopped before the end of the Kresson School day.
Construction signage will be installed prior to the start of work. In addition, notifications of work specific matters will be delivered to area residents and businesses. There is a construction schedule link on the Township web page www.voorheesnj.com. If you have any concerns, they should be directed to the construction inspector, Environmental Resolutions, at (856) 235–7170 or info@erinj.com.
While there will be some inconvenience, this work is needed and will improve the safety and efficiency of travel on Kresson Road.
** Spring Leaf Collection has begun. Dates for collection are available on Channel 19 for Comcast, Channel 38 for Verizon, on the municipal website at www.voorheesnj.com and on our Voorhees Township Facebook page. Leaf collection is as follows: Tuesday trash day April 11 to April 15; Wednesday trash day April 18 to April 22; Thursday trash day April 25 to April 29; Friday trash day May 2 to May 6.
** The Voorhees Township Police Foundation is hosting its inagural Car Show on Saturday, April 30 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Carmike Cinemas Ritz 16 (rear parking lot), 900 Haddonfield-Berlin Road. This event will help the Police Foundation with the purchase of police canine bullet proof vests and to create a Memorial Garden at Police Headquarters to honor all first responders and the military.
** The Voorhees Swim Club, in partnership with Sustainable Voorhees, is holding a free paper shredding event on Saturday, April 30, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Voorhees Swim Club located at 8–1 Forrest Hills Drive. Residents should bring only confidential/sensitive materials, magazines and non-confidential papers should be recycled curbside. The event will end sooner than advertised if the shredding truck reaches capacity.
** The Voorhees Economic Development Committee will be hosting its first small and home based business networking event on May 5, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.at Voorhees Town Hall, 2400 Voorhees Town Center. Register on the Voorhees website, www.voorheesnj.com and click on the Voorhees Township Home-Based and Small Business Network Event link.
**The 8th Annual Alicia Rose Victorious 5k Run/Walk will be held on Sunday, May 15. Check in begins at 8:30 a.m. and the run/walk will start at 10 a.m. at Virtua Hospital, 200 Bowman Dr. in Voorhees. Cost is $30 for participants 19 and older and $15 for ages 5 to 18. The ARVF installs Teen Lounges in hospitals throughout the world.
