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• With few people on the roads, major accidents were rare 

  by Julia Hays on February 11th, 2010 | Comment

  

  By George Mast, Courier-Post Staff

  Despite the blizzard, local and state authorities reported few major incidents through Wednesday midafternoon as many motorists chose not to brave the roads at all.

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• Camden Co. asks motorists to stay home until noon as South Jersey digs out 

  by Julia Hays on February 11th, 2010 | Comment

  

  Camden County officials are asking motorists to stay off the roads until noon as South Jerseyans struggled against bitter cold temperatures and icy conditions that made shoveling and driving difficult and dangerous Thursday in the aftermath of a blizzard that dumped up to 20 inches of snow on the Garden State.

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• Reconstruction to shut some ramps on I-295 

  by Julia Hays on December 7th, 2009 | Comment

  Several access ramps on Interstate 295 are to close this week as part of a highway reconstruction project.

  One shutdown -- for a ramp connecting Old Broadway Avenue to northbound I-295 in Deptford -- is expected to last about six weeks for reconstruction, state officials said.

  The other closings -- in Cherry Hill, Lawnside and [...]

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• Cuthbert Boulevard bridge closing near 

  by Julia Hays on November 27th, 2009 | Comment

  Two lanes will be closed for utility work on a heavily traveled bridge here, officials say.

  The shutdown is to start Monday for the center lanes on Cuthbert Boulevard between North Park Drive and South Park Drive. The lanes are expected to close for two to three weeks, but the duration will depend on weather [...]

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• Traffic worries may top Haddonfield Road survey 

  by Julia Hays on November 12th, 2009 | Comment

  

  If big-box retailers aren't your thing, the ever-expanding business complexes along Haddonfield Road in Cherry Hill might look like a metastasizing eyesore.

  "They're just clogging it all up. And now they want to put up all these apartments -- they've damaged the whole site," said Alene Ammond, a local activist and former state senator. "They [...]

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• Road may get makeover 

  by Julia Hays on November 10th, 2009 | Comment

  

  By JANE ROH Courier-Post Staff

  In an effort to make a busy traffic artery more pedestrian-friendly, the stretch of Haddonfield Road between Cherry Hill Mall and the Garden State Park shopping center may be in for improvements.

  "We're limited by the location of current stores and by utilities, so widening the road isn't always [...]

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• Upgrade planned for Cherry Hill road 

  by Julia Hays on October 20th, 2009 | Comment

  The state is providing $250,000 in aid for improvements to Covered Bridge Road, township officials have announced.

  Workers are to upgrade the heavily traveled street from Route 70 to Forge Road, said Cherry Hill Mayor Bernie Platt.

  Bidding on the contract will take place in early spring of 2010 and construction will begin shortly after, [...]

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• Amtrak looks at security along Northeast Corridor 

  by Julia Hays on September 10th, 2009 | Comment

  

  via Amtrak looks at security along Northeast Corridor | CourierPostOnline.com | Courier-Post.

  Amtrak looks at security along Northeast Corridor By RAJU CHEBIUM and JANE ROH Courier-Post Staff U.S. authorities continued to fine-tune security along the Northeast Corridor on Wednesday, though few regional riders expressed concern about the rails two days before the eighth anniversary [...]

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• Popular ‘cash for clunkers’ program ends tonight 

  by Julia Hays on August 24th, 2009 | Comment

  

  via Courier-Post

  Auto dealers will get more time to submit their Cash for Clunkers deals to the government for repayment after the Department of Transportation extended the deadline for filing claims.

  Dealers will now have until noon Tuesday to file the paperwork they need to get repaid for the Cash for Clunkers [...]

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    mikedudical 11:32 am on December 21, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    I’ve always had a problem with Cash4Clunkers. To me it seems to go against simple supply and demand economics. How can we push all of these new cars into a market already saturated with used and repossessed vehicles (i.e. http://www.repofinder.com)? Now new cars are worth even less, we have more Americans in debt, and eventually more repossessions.