Burlington County Announces Start of Resurfacing Work on Columbus Road

Work is scheduled to begin this week on repaving a portion of Columbus Road in Burlington City and Burlington Township.

Pavement milling and overlay work on the road, also known as County Route 543, is expected to start Monday, August 3.  Approximately a 1.2-mile stretch of the road will be repaved from Route 130 in Burlington City to approximately 200 feet east of Neck Road in Burlington Township.

The work is expected to take about two weeks to complete.

Westbound traffic on Columbus Road will be maintained during the work. Vehicles traveling in the eastbound direction will be detoured using Route 130, Route 659, Route 661, and Route 660. Motorists using the roads will likely experience delays and are advised to seek alternative routes.

The work is being done by Arawak Paving Company Inc., of Hammonton, and is part of Burlington County’s annual road resurfacing program. A total of 34.3 miles of roadway in 14 Burlington County municipalities is expected to be resurfaced as part of Arawak’s repaving contract.

“Burlington County is the largest county in New Jersey and has over 500 miles of County roads, 411 County bridges and 700 plus culverts. Maintaining this infrastructure is one of the important services our government performs,” said Burlington County Commissioner Tom Pullion, the liaison to the Department of Public Works. “Our repaving program ensures Burlington County has safe, quality roads, and we are pleased to see that work is continuing.”