Detour of Jimmie Leeds Road

[dogg57]

A detour of Jimmie Leeds Road between Fourth Avenue and Eigth Avenue wil start Monday, Dec. 12, and continue through Friday, Dec. 16, while the county repairs the roadway.
Traffic will be redirected to Ridgewood Avenue 24 hours a day during the construction, and limited access will be provided to local traffic inside the project limits. Motorists are advised to allow for extra travel time.

 

[Spung-Man]

Dogg,

I was just reading Guiding Galloway’s Growth: A Presentation of the Galloway Township Economic Committee, presented on June 21, 2010. The online PDF copy of a public PowerPoint explains development dynamics along Jimmie Leeds Road and elsewhere in Township growth areas. Google “Guiding Galloway’s Growth” to find it.

This is what the presenter says about the Pinelands Commission on page 21,

“Use them, leverage them, engage them throughout the process to achieve the goals of all and create win-win “smart growth” solutions to the multitude of challenges we will face....if they don’t cooperate call them out publicly and explain the contradictions relative to the stated mission of balancing environmental and economic interests. It may be necessary to call for Executive action if all other means are exhausted.”​

I'm sure he didn't mean this, but the definition for the verb of leverage is “the buy-out of a company by its management with the help of outside capital” (Oxford English Dictionary, 2009). What I don’t like is the call to change the CMP by “Executive action.” Smart Growth and the CMP are not in perfect harmony. Changes are brewing behind the scenes (Fall 2011), which Wittenberg recently alluded to in a Courier Post article.

see Teegate's thread Pinelands panel looks to streamline work​

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/pinelands-panel-looks-to-streamline-work.7368/#post-86715​

S-M

 

[dogg57]

Dogg,

I was just reading Guiding Galloway’s Growth: A Presentation of the Galloway Township Economic Committee, presented on June 21, 2010. The online PDF copy of a public PowerPoint explains development dynamics along Jimmie Leeds Road and elsewhere in Township growth areas. Google “Guiding Galloway’s Growth” to find it.

This is what the presenter says about the Pinelands Commission on page 21,

“Use them, leverage them, engage them throughout the process to achieve the goals of all and create win-win “smart growth” solutions to the multitude of challenges we will face....if they don’t cooperate call them out publicly and explain the contradictions relative to the stated mission of balancing environmental and economic interests. It may be necessary to call for Executive action if all other means are exhausted.”​

I'm sure he didn't mean this, but the definition for the verb of leverage is “the buy-out of a company by its management with the help of outside capital” (Oxford English Dictionary, 2009). What I don’t like is the call to change the CMP by “Executive action.” Smart Growth and the CMP are not in perfect harmony. Changes are brewing behind the scenes (Fall 2011), which Wittenberg recently alluded to in a Courier Post article.

see Teegate's thread Pinelands panel looks to streamline work​

http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/pinelands-panel-looks-to-streamline-work.7368/#post-86715​

S-M

I was just letting people know about that road closed because I use it. Also that thread from Guy to the courier post is dead

 

[Spung-Man]

Dogg,

Thanks for pointing out the obsolete link. It appears the Courier Post has removed it from archives too! Strange. Here’s a synopsis:

Pinelands panel looks to streamline work​

“With its budget slashed and work force reduced by 30 percent, the state Pinelands Commission is looking for more ways to streamline its regulatory process and be prepared when economic recovery brings builders back to the region, Executive Director Nancy Wittenberg said Thursday.” (Moore, Gannett)​

Today’s Atlantic City Press had an article “Plenty of Work, Trouble on Roads in Atlantic County” that included Jimmie Leeds Road construction:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/...cle_b3a57ede-22e9-11e1-9982-0019bb2963f4.html​

A commuter complained, “Everywhere you go, you run into those orange barrels and detour signs....It’s really frustrating.” I imagine this is your beef as well. It is a symptom of a problem, which I am putting into a Pinelands context.

One of the tools for making Pinelands “Center’s-of-Place” a success will be traffic calming to make passing traffic slow down and encourage people to shop. Calming devices on plans include things like Bulbouts/Neckdowns/Chokers (curb extensions at intersections that reduce curb-to-curb roadway travel lane widths), Center Islands (raised islands located along the centerline of a roadway that narrow the width at that location), and Chicanes/Lateral Shifts (curb extensions that alternate from one side of the roadway to the other, forming s-shaped curves).

Traffic circles are another means of capturing patrons, such as the one planned at the intersection of US Route 40 and Cedar Avenue. Some the the highway’s traffic will be diverted down new side roads. The total cost to you and me is $4,299,272. So when another commuter in the Press article says, “People may be inconvenienced now, but down the road, it’s going to benefit the community,” is this really true?

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Figure excerpted from: Urban Engineers. 2007. Route 40 Traffic Calming Study: Richland Village, Buena Vista Township. Buena Vista Township/NJ Department of Transportation/Urban Engineering. 34 pp.​

S-M​