Monday, June 15, 2009

Route 130 Paving project---uh oh, did they miss the worst section

A week ago I happily reported that Route 130 in Cinnaminson/Delran is being repaved. I was happy because it's a life threatening highway. I just caught this announcement this morning--it appears that my initial optimism is unfounded. This is from the Web Portion of the Burlington County times--here's the link...

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/678/2009/june/03/work-begins-on-rte-130.html

and the tiny url...

http://tinyurl.com/ly7mla

The state Department of Transportation has kicked off a $2 million rehabilitation project on Route 130 that spans several Burlington County towns.

The project calls for crews to mill and pave most of the highway's northbound and southbound lanes in Burlington City, Willingboro, Edgewater Park, Delanco and Delran. Work began this week and is expected to be completed by June 19.

"NJ DOT's Route 130 Burlington County resurfacing project will improve safety and extend the life of the roadway," transportation Commissioner Stephen Dilts said.

The state-funded project will resurface all lanes of the roadway from north of Chestnut Hill Road near the Delran border to Bridgeboro Road in Delran and all northbound lanes from north of Bridgeboro Road to Levitt Parkway in Willingboro.

Portions of the three northbound lanes in Burlington City from Beverly Road to Wood Street will be resurfaced.

Also, portions of the three southbound lanes in Burlington City from Assiscunk Creek to Washington Avenue and in Edgewater Park and Delanco from south of Mount Holly Road to the Rancocas Creek will be resurfaced.

"Route 130 is critical for Burlington County residents and businesses," said U.S. Rep. John Adler, D-3rd of Cherry Hill, who, with Dilts, announced the Route 130 project after a local transportation roundtable in April. "Maintain-ing Route 130 will ensure the safety of families in our community. This is great news."

Lane closures may occur between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. Monday through Friday. At least one lane will remain open in each direction at all times.

The state will use portable messaging signs to inform motorists of traffic pattern changes.

Construction information and real-time traffic updates will be available at

www.mynj511.info.

Email: tmchale@phillyBurbs.com

Hmmm...if I'm reading this correctly, I'm afraid the project has missed the worst section.
The Northbound lanes of Route 130 South of Chester are treacherous---there are literally gullies in the lanes.

Transportation Secretary Dilts and Representaive John Adler should drive North on Route 130 from the Dunkin Donuts in Cinnaminson and they will see that the repaving project is missing the worst section.


It's no coincidence that there have been a large number of fatal automobile accidents on that stretch of road in the last 5 years.

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