Kings Highway to be Repaved

Burlington County Freeholders tentatively approved the county engineer’s 2011 plan to improve county roads and bridges at a cost of $30.7 million. More than one-third of the cost will be funded with state and federal money.

The plan includes repaving 17 roads in 15 municipalities, a total of 27 miles. The cost of the overlay is $6.5 million, the biggest part of the plan. Approximately $4.5 million in state funds will be used to pay for the project.

“Once again, the engineer and his staff deserve credit for identifying projects within our network of roads and bridges that that are essential to the motoring public, pedestrians and public safety in general,” said Freeholder Joseph Donnelly.

“In addition, it speaks volumes that we are able to leverage state and federal dollars to offset the cost,” he added. “Obviously, that’s always better for the bottom line.”

County Engineer Joseph Brickley’s 2011 Construction Forecast also includes five bridge and culvert projects; three pipe repair projects; five intersection improvements projects; a safety project; road striping; a guiderail project; and, a pedestrian improvement project.

Brickley said that $6.5 million would be funded with federal money, $4.5 million with state money and $8.8 million in previously bonded county money. An additional $10.9 million will be funded through a 2011 county bond ordinance.

The county highway network includes 508 miles of roads, 364 bridges, 700 culverts, more than 243 traffic control devices, and 17,000 signs.

Work to be done in Moorestown includes:

• Road resurfacing of Kings Highway and Moorestown-Mount Laurel Road.
• Lenola Road Storm Drainage Pipe Replacement Culvert: Replace approximately 700 lineal feet of deteriorated corrugated metal storm drainage piping along Lenola Road between the entranceway of the Kings Highway Towers to County Bridge over North Branch of the Pennsauken Creek. Cost: $325,000

The county will also be fixing the intersection of Hartford Road and Marne Highway in Mt. Laurel to reconstruct the intersection to provided left turn slots on all approaches and separate signals for left turns. A new concrete railroad crossing will be added along with the new traffic signal equipment. Cost: $2 million.