Have a Complaint About a Pothole? Camden County Wants to Hear from You

Camden County submitted the following news release:

In an effort to engage residents and make Camden County a better place to live the Freeholder Board is instituting a new interactive program through our Department of Public Works to address areas of concern throughout our 400 miles of highway. 

“Residents are our best eyes on roadways and we, as a collective board, want address weeds, potholes, trash and line striping in our roadway network from the Delaware River to the County line,” said Freeholder Ian Leonard, liaison to the Camden County Department of Public Works.

Starting this week, residents will be able to go to www.CamdenCounty.com or dial the Highway Department at 856-566-2980 to report an issue. Within a short period of time DPW personnel will come out to the identified areas to address the issue. Trash will be cleaned up through a combination of seasonal employment and the Sheriff’s Labor Assistance Program (SLAP), in which the Sheriff has the ability to put non-violent offenders to work cleaning area roadways.

“This program is dependent on us, county government, and residents working together to identify areas in need of improvements,” said Leonard. “As a Board we are always looking at ways to create more access and engagement with the public. These specific features provide a direct link to a significant department with a core mission of keeping cars on the roads and our region moving.”

The Freeholders are also ensuring all forms of social media are being utilized to address areas in need along County roadways. 

“As a Freeholder, I believe it is imperative to offer our services through digital formats so I urge residents to use social media to contact DPW for this program as well,” explained Leonard. “You can follow Camden County on Facebook and Twitter and we will respond to the same requests for potholes, overgrowth, crosswalk striping and trash along our highway system.”

Additionally, residents may also identify concerns on a non-county road, and the request will be routed to the proper municipality or the New Jersey Department of Transportation. These new interactive constituent features are in addition to more than $40 million worth of investments the Freeholder Board is making into the county’s overall infrastructure this construction season.

“We understand that continuing to maintain our resources and assets are necessary and make this region second to none,” said Leonard.