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The hour-long session was organized by state legislators for the Bellmawr area. Assemblyman Bill Moen noted the collapse occurred in an area that's part of the Direct Connection, a $900 million, multi-year highway-building program. He called the Direct Connection "one of the largest infrastructure projects that our region and the state have witnessed, both in cost and duration." "So we felt that our region needed a full accounting of what took place and where we go from here," said Moen, who hosted the meeting with state Senator Nilsa Cruz Perez and Assemblyman William Spearman. The Direct...

DOT hires forensic engineer to determine cause of I-295 wall collapse Updated 8:45 PM; Today 8:43 PM These cracks appeared on the roadway on top of an I-295 retaining wall on March 24 that later collapsed on March 25. Facebook Share State Department of Transportation officials still haven’t determined a cause of the March 25 collapse of an I-295 retaining wall and have hired a forensic engineer to independently determine a reason. That was one of the revelations from Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scacceti during a Zoom conference Wednesday evening with South Jersey drivers, ...

I-295 wall collapse to be discussed in public forum with DOT commissioner Updated 1:41 PM; South Jersey drivers and residents will be able to question state Department of Transportation officials on April 7 about the partial collapse of an I-295 retaining wall on March 25. The forum will be hosted by State Senators Nilsa I. Cruz Pérez, Assemblyman William F. Moen, Jr., and Assemblyman William W. Spearman, all D-Camden, who wrote the letter. Blogger 42Freeway.com first reported the news about the forum date. The retaining wall partially collapsed on March 25, forcing the DOT to close the ri...

Audience members also can register via email at district5@njleg.org. The DOT on March 25 closed the right lane of northbound 295 between Essex Avenue and an area near Browning Road in Bellmawr after a retaining wall "shifted and partially collapsed." The lane was closed "until further notice as a safety precaution and to provide access for construction equipment," said DOT spokesman Steve Schapiro. The shutdown is likely to cause congestion for northbound motorists on 295 and Route 42, according to the DOT. The wall shifted in an area where workers are building a new portion of I-295 ...

I-295 project was 4 years behind schedule before retaining wall collapsed, DOT says Updated Apr 01, 2021; The $900 million Direct Connection project on I-295 was four years off from its projected 2024 completion date before a retaining wall partially collapsed last week, a state DOT spokesman confirmed. NJ DOT spokesman Steve Schapiro confirmed that the project was no longer expected to be completed by 2024, as DOT officials originally said in 2019. Before the wall collapse, the project’s new completion date had been pushed to 2028. “Prior to the collapse, Contract 3 was expected to be c...