Politics & Government

Camden County Seeks Public's Help in Creating Recreation Trail

The trail will connect Camden County towns through bicycle routes and off-road trails.

Camden County officials want to hear your ideas on a planned recreation trail that will run from Winslow and Waterford to Camden and Pennsauken. 

The Camden County Bicycle and Multi-Use Trail Master Plan will serve as the blueprint for an interconnected network of bicycle lanes on roads, and off-street trails. 

A public meeting to discuss the second phase of the plan will be held tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the.

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“The trail network will provide County residents with new recreational opportunities, while creating an alternative means of transportation between destinations such as schools, shopping centers, parks and recreation facilities, and historic sites, both within each municipality and throughout the county,” said Freeholder Jeffrey L. Nash, liaison to the county Department of Parks.
 
The planning of the first phase, covering 10 Camden County municipalities is finished. Planning for the second phase, involving 13 other towns, is almost complete, county officials said. The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission will complete planning of the third and fourth phases simultaneously over the next 18 months. Once all phases are completed, they will be presented to the Camden County Planning Board for incorporation into the county’s master plan.
 
During the development of each phase of the plan, the county has sought the input of local officials and the public.

Project teams made up of one or more local appointees are assisting in the planning process by offering insight into local points of interest, potential trail and route impediments, and possible solutions to those impediments.
 
The 13 towns included in the current phase of the project are:
 
Audubon
Barrington
Bellmawr
Brooklawn
Gloucester Township
Haddon Township
Haddonfield
Haddon Heights
Lawnside
Magnolia
Mt. Ephraim
Runnemede
Tavistock

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