Palmyra's Market Street Will Be Repaved

Officials from the Burlington County Bridge Commission announced it will repave Market Street in Palmyra—a street that directly connects drivers to the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge.

This shared service agreement will save the borough about $270,000 said officials this week.

“Providing this assistance to one of our gateway towns not only beautifies a heavily travelled road,” said John Comegno, chairman of the commission, “[but] it also lightens the burden on the municipality, which translates into tax savings for its residents.”

Palmyra’s comprehensive Market Street Gateway Improvement Project will extend from Broad Street to Souder Avenue, the road just before the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. The total cost is estimated at $570,000; the cost of the roadway reconstruction, which the Commission will undertake, is estimated at $270,000.

The borough will replace sidewalks as needed and install 38 handicap ramps. Lighting will be installed on Broad Street from Market Street to Route 73.

Ethel Hardy Playground, on the corner of Market and Madison streets, will also be rehabbed. That project is slated to begin April 1 and finish by the end of July.

“Partnering with the Burlington County Bridge Commission on our Market Street revitalization project allowed us to accomplish all of the needed streetscaping improvements while saving Palmyra taxpayer dollars,” said Palmyra Mayor Karen Scheffler.