The Road Maintenance Program is a long-term plan that attempts to be equitable, cost conscious and service oriented. Because 226 miles of Township roads run through Cherry Hill, it would be impossible to repair or reconstruct all of Cherry Hill's many streets at one time. Therefore, the Township developed a comprehensive 15-year program to evaluate and determine the appropriate maintenance for every road.

Residents often question why some streets are repaired before others that appear in greater need, but the purpose of the Program was to develop a rational maintenance schedule. The Township balances the type of work necessary with the urgency of the repair, and a less costly technique may be used for certain roads to extend their useful lives.

The program provides four different types of treatment, depending on the road’s condition: micro-seal process, overlay, recycled pavement and total reconstruction.

The micro-seal provides for a thick coating, which fills the cracks to prevent potholes and water infiltration into the pavement. The use of seal coating is an excellent tool for road preservation. Our goal is to re-seal all roads approximately every eight years to keep them in good repair for limited expense.

The overlay process involves shaving the top two inches off the road and then resurfacing it. This process performed on roads whose base is in good condition but the topcoat has deteriorated.

At one third of the cost of total road reconstruction, the recycled pavement process involves stripping the top two-inch layer, then recycling and repaving using the original pavement. This process is an environmentally-friendly, cost-conscious way to extend the useful life of a road.

Total reconstruction involves removing and replacing the top pavement and the base.

Road Ownership

State-owned roads:

• Route 38
• Marlton Turnpike (Route 70)
• Kings Highway (Route 41) - North of Route 70
• Brace Road (Route 154)
• Cuthbert Blvd - North of Route 70 to Route 38

To report a problem on a state-owned road, contact the State Department of Transportation (DOT) at 856-428-6550.

County-owned roads:

• Maple Avenue (Route537)
• Church Road (Route 616)
• Chapel Avenue (Route 626)- West of Kings Highway
• Kenilworth Avenue (Route 625)- North Route 38 to Chapel Avenue
• Hampton Road (Route 623)- From Route 70 to Chapel Avenue
• Hinchman Avenue (Route 624)- From Chapel Avenue to Plymouth Place
• Lexington Avenue Exit- From Hampton Road
• Haddonfield Road (Route 644)
• Park Blvd. (Route 628)- From Township line to Caldwell
• Old Borton's Mill Road (Route 757)- From Kings Highway to Brace Road
• Kresson Road (Route 671)
• Haddonfield Berlin Road (Route 561)
• Burnt Mill Road (Route 670)
• Melrose Avenue (Route 667)
• Woodcrest Road (Route 667)
• Evesham Road (Route 544)
• Springdale Road (Route 673)
• Cropwell Road (Route 675)
• Kings Highway (Route 573) - South of Route 70
• Cooper Landing Road (Route 672)
• Greentree Road (Route 674)

To report a problem on a county road, contact the Camden County of Public Works at 856-566-2980.