Power Restored To Most Of Burlington County Thursday

BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ — Power has been restored to all long-term care communities, hospitals and other critical care facilities in Burlington County, but several county roads remain closed as cleanup from Tropical Storm Isaias continues, county officials said Thursday evening.

As of Thursday evening, there were still about 10,000 power outages throughout the county, according to PSE&G. This includes more than 4,000 in both Edgewater Park and Willingboro Township.

“Two days after the storm and we’re still cleaning up, but good progress is being made,” Burlington County Freeholder Dan O’Connell, liaison to the county departments of Public Safety and Public Works, said. “We’re grateful that our long-term care communities and critical care buildings have their power back, but far too many residences are still without electricity.”

PSE&G continues to distribute ice and water from a comfort station at the Kennedy Center on John F. Kennedy Way in Willingboro and outside the Lumberton Municipal Building on Municipal Drive.
JCP&L is also distributing water and ice from the Browns Mills Acme on Broadway Street in Pemberton Township.

Damage assessments have started but are still in the early stages as municipalities continue to focus their efforts on cleanup and road clearing. The following county roads were still closed Thursday evening:

• Crowshaw Road, between Jones Mill and Route 665 in North Hanover
• Wrightstown-Georgetown Road, between Access Highway and Sykesville Road, in North Hanover;
• Old York Road, between Route 543 and Neck Road, in Springfield (local traffic only);
• Moorestown-Mount Laurel Road in Mount Laurel;
• Levitt Parkway at Charleston Road in Willingboro;
• Hainesport-Mount Laurel Road, between Greentree and Academy Drive in Mount Laurel (one lane closed);
• Eayrestown Road, between Landing Street and Municipal Drive, in Lumberton.

Burlington County also held its ninth coronavirus mobile testing clinic at the Kennedy Center in Willingboro Thursday morning. The county tested 200 residents, bringing the total number of tests administered by the county since March up to 7,954.

Another mobile testing clinic is scheduled to be held Friday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Pemberton Township High School on Arney’s Mount Road. The clinic was previously scheduled for Tuesday but was postponed due to the storm.

“Getting these clinics up and running so soon after the storm is a testament to our Health Department and all our first responders and volunteers. It also shows how important testing is,” O’Connell said.