Mayor: Triathlon course will have far less impact on town
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
TRIAThLON, from Page 1
and Blueberry Festival being on the
same day as well, the course was
tweaked weeks later.
Mayor Stephen DiDonato said
the course will go through a threeor four- mile stretch of town, with
less impact overall, as Route 54, including downtown Hammonton,
and the White Horse Pike (Route
30), are two of the major thorough-
fares that won’t be affected this
time. Hammonton’s Route 206,
Nesco Road, Columbia Road, airport Road and a small portion of
Middle Road will remain part of the
course, but measures are being
taken to eliminate potential traffic
concerns and impact for the local
growers.
“at that point it will go out of
town. The main issue last year was
Route 30 and Route 206. So, we
took care of that issue and the people will have to provide one lane on
Colombia [Road], so farmers can
deliver the product, naturally, and
on Route 206 they are going to use
the majority of the shoulder. So,
honestly with the shoulder, one lane
on Colombia and Middle Roads,
where there isn’t a major residential
impact, i don’t think it will be an
issue at all this year. i think it is
going to be a non-issue. Other than
the intersections, that will be about
it,” DiDonato said.
DiDonato said this year that 98
percent of the residents won’t notice the bike portion of the triathlon
coming through parts of town unless they are in the sections mentioned.
“it will not impede or impact
traffic at all around town, going
through or leaving the blueberry
festival or anywhere else people
want to travel to that day,” DiDonato said.
according to DiDonato, in addition to the route change during this
year’s Challenge atlantic City
triathlon, the portion of bike course
that will come through Hammonton will only be for the professional
bikers who will do the 112-mile
course. For the 56-mile bike
course, it will only go as far west
as the Fifth and Seventh avenue
section of egg Harbor City.
“There won’t be the volume of
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