Monday, March 11, 2013
Preparations for the first wave of construction for the Direct Connect Project, which begins at the end of March or beginning of April, are underway this week.
The nightmare of cars stacked from the Route 70 ramps down to Bellmawr could be over in less than a decade, with the official start of the Direct Connect project Monday. Nearly 30 years in the making, the eight-year, $900 million federally funded project is designed to uncoil the knot of ramps and reshape the Route 295/76/42 interchange, reducing or eliminating the daily commuter clogs. “At long last, South Jersey’s worst traffic nightmare is being addressed,” said state Sen. Donald Norcross, a member of the Senate Transportation Committee, in a statement. “The current interchange doesn’t make sense, creates terrible backups, and is dangerous. This project will completely change how these roads are traveled, creating a much more efficient …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
State Department of Transportation representatives will be on hand to answer questions about the major highway project.
The Route 295/42/76 interchange as we know it is on its way out—over the next several years, a series of viaducts, new ramps and bridges will transform the tangled mess of concrete spaghetti in a dramatic redesign. With the Al-Jo set to go the way of the dodo, the state Department of Transportation (DOT) is holding an informal information session Thursday evening in Bellmawr on the project, dubbed Direct Connect. Designed to give residents and commuters a look at what the full project entails—10 new bridges, three miles of noise barriers, 22 retaining walls, and more, among the massive changes to the roads themselves—how long it will take and how it'll help alleviate the daily traffic nightmare that is the current configuration. “This is a…
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Police say a man later charged with driving while intoxicated reached speeds of more than 120 mph on Route 42.
A Pennsylvania man charged with driving while intoxicated hit speeds in excess of 120 mph as he traveled along Route 42 in Gloucester Township last weekend, according to police. Gloucester Township Police Ptl. Benjamin Lewitt was traveling northbound in the center lane of Route 42 when he observed a Mercedes-Benz pass his marked patrol vehicle at a high rate of speed at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday. Lewitt was able to catch up to and pull over the four-door 2009 Mercedes. While talking to the driver, identified as 32-year-old Broomall, PA, resident Apostolos Michos, Lewitt smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage. Michos, of Warren Boulevard, was placed under arrest for DWI after he was unable to perform standard field sobriety tests, …
Sunday, September 23, 2012
A 29-year-old woman dies in the Blackwood crash at around 5:30 Saturday evening.
A 29-year-old Williamstown woman was killed in a one-car accident on Route 42, in Blackwood, Saturday evening. Itay Massoquoi was partially ejected from the vehicle when it rolled onto its driver's side after striking two trees along the state highway, near exit 10, according to New Jersey State Police spokesman Sgt. Adam Grossman. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident occurred at 5:25 p.m. The driver, 30-year-old Monte Brown, also of Williamstown, has been charged with driving while intoxicated, Grossman said Sunday afternoon. Additional charges may be filed against Brown. Brown and front-seat passenger, Anita Saunders, 46, of Clayton, were taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden for treatment of non-life-threatening …
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno signed into law a bill designating a stretch of Route 42 as Purple Heart Highway.
A 14.2-mile stretch of Route 42 spanning six towns in Camden and Gloucester counties will forever be named Purple Heart Memorial Highway after Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno signed into law a bill renaming the roadway at Stetser-Lamartine American Legion Post No. 281's Chews Landing hall Wednesday afternoon. "I am proud to sign this bill into law, giving the honor and respect to all Purple Heart recipients—past, present, and future—that they deserve for their bravery, heroic service, and sacrifice to New Jersey and to the United States," Guadagno said. The Purple Heart Memorial Highway stretch of Route 42 will run from Bellmawr to Monroe Township, touching parts of Runnemede, Gloucester Township, Deptford and Washington Township in between. …
Saturday, May 26, 2012
A Laurel Springs man laments the difficulty he has getting to Philadelphia and points west via Route 42.
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Dear Editor: I moved to Gloucester Township in 2011 in part for the location and its accessibility to so many places. But I still have roots and conduct business in my former area of Marlton, Voorhees and Cherry Hill, which means I drive Route 295 North regularly. Why is it so easy to get onto Route 42 eastbound, but getting on 42 westbound to go to Philly or to get to Routes 130/295 seems to require the patience of Job or an illegal act? I live near the municipal complex, so Coles Road is my main access to 42. What planner designed the ridiculous one-way stretch next to Skeeter's, requiring a left turn onto Tice Avenue and then a right onto Erial Road to wait for a light to change at a busy three-way intersection? When traffic at the…
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Cooper Health System received the go-ahead to erect three billboards—each up to 60 feet tall—on property it owns along the state highway.
Expect to see billboards, including one with a changing sign face, looming over the stretch of Route 42 running through the township. During a special meeting Wednesday night, the township planning board unanimously granted preliminary and final approval to a proposal by Cooper Health System to place three billboards—each up to 60 feet high—on land it owns along the state highway. Two of the billboards will have static signs, and the third will be digital, with rotating messages. Cooper owns an undeveloped 113-acre parcel north of College Drive between Route 42 and the Black Horse Pike, to the west of Camden County College's Blackwood campus. Susan Bass Levin, president of Cooper Health System Foundation and a former Democratic mayor of …
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The new bridge at Route 42's Exit 7B is now open.
County and municipal officials opened the new bridge at Route 42's Exit 7B with a brief ceremony Tuesday morning. Exit 7B is the first full interchange added to the state highway since it was constructed in the 1950s, according to Camden County Freeholder Ian Leonard. "This project improves the quality of life for the thousands who attend classes and work at Camden County College by providing direct access to the campus, and by doing so it also improves the quality of life for area residents,” said Leonard, who is the freeholder board's liaison to the county Department of Public Works. Gloucester Township Mayor David Mayer pointed to the bridge as an engine for economic growth. "Because this project will foster economic development in …
Cooper Health System wants to erect three billboards—each up to 60 feet high—on property it owns along Route 42 in the township.
The Planning Board will review a proposal by Cooper Health System to place three billboards—each up to 60 feet high—along a portion of Route 42 that runs through the township. Representatives of Gloucester 42 Associates, a limited-liability company formed by Cooper, will appear before the township planning board tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 16 during a special meeting. The billboard proposal is the only item on the agenda. The meeting begins 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at the Municipal Complex. Cooper Health System owns an undeveloped 113-acre parcel north of College Drive between Route 42 and the Black Horse Pike, to the west of Camden County College's Blackwood campus. In an application submitted to the township last month, Cooper proposes…
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Monday, September 26, 2011
This recovery and suspect arrest came less than 24 hours after two officers were injured tracking down another alleged van thief.
Police arrested a Camden man accused of stealing a van out of his hometown without incident on Route 42 late Saturday, less than 24 hours after two officers sustained injuries arresting another alleged van thief. Gloucester Township Police Ptl. Jason Sailer observed a "suspicious" white Ford Econoline van while he was monitoring traffic on Sicklerville Road at about 11:14 p.m. Saturday, according to Lt. Jason Gittens. A tag check confirmed that the van had been reported stolen out of Camden on Wednesday. Police stopped the van near exit 9B on the northbound side of Route 42. Lasaun Gibson, 37, of the 1500 block of 8th Street, Camden, was arrested without incident, police said. He was charged with receiving stolen property, and was lodged …
mark
9:21 pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
its going to take 8 yrs to complete? by then they will need to do it again due to even more traffic. i cant believe its taken 10 yrs to plan it more ›