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Left Turn Into Moorestown Mall

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Traffic Cop Says 'No' to Plans for Left Turn Into Mall

PREIT and Moorestown's traffic safety officer debated the pros and cons of adding a left-turn lane off Route 38 West directly into the mall.

PREIT wants to add a left-turn lane from Route 38 West into the Moorestown Mall, but the township’s traffic safety officer thinks it’s a bad idea. Traffic engineer David Shropshire pitched the plan to township council Monday, seeking their blessing before taking it to the state Department of Transportation (NJDOT). He explained the addition of a left turn along 38 westbound between Nixon Drive and Sears would ease the flow of traffic in and around the mall. Currently, mall patrons heading west on 38 have primarily one of two options for getting there: turn left onto East Gate Drive, then make the right on Harper Drive, and cross over Nixon Drive; or take the jughandle onto South Lenola Road, and turn left onto 38 East Shropshire said it’s …

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Mall Fan

12:04 am on Sunday, February 17, 2013

@wingdings. :'). I see that article states the planning board meeting is march 7th. Are you providing wings for the pre-meeting tailgate at the mall or out in the mhs parking lot? Is that night really wing night, who's going?   more ›

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