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Residents question Garden Road work; county says Double Eagle Saloon sewer amendment is privately funded
Summary
During public comment residents asked when Garden Road and Old Burlington Road would be paved and raised driveway-gap concerns; Nancy Wozl said the Double Eagle Saloon is financing the local sewer connection, and County Planning Director Matt Bizaro said the site-specific water-quality amendment responds to a failing septic system.
At the April 28 Cumberland County meeting, public commenters pressed county staff for details on local paving and a site-specific sewer amendment related to the Double Eagle Saloon.
Nancy Wozl of Upper Deerfield and Fairfield Townships addressed Resolution 16726 (a Lower Delaware Water Quality Management Plan amendment for the Double Eagle Saloon site) and told the board, “Double Eagle is paying for it. It's not county tax dollars,” emphasizing that the cost of the sewer connection would not come from county coffers. Commissioners and staff acknowledged that clarification and thanked her for the information.
Earlier in the meeting a commissioner asked County Planning Director Matt Bizaro why the Lower Delaware water-quality amendment needed to be site-specific. Bizaro replied that “it is a site-specific amendment. Um and that site was originally under septic, but because of the constraints of the surrounding properties, it needs to be added to the sewer system,” indicating the change addresses a failing septic system and local constraints on wastewater disposal.
Resident Sandy Acevedo of Upper Deerfield Township asked whether a nearly one-foot gap between driveways and the new Garden Road surface would be fixed by the county or left to homeowners. Staff deferred detailed answers during the resolutions but later explained that slope and driveway restoration work is part of the ongoing project and that drainage work has been completed for sections of Old Burlington Road; paving is "on the short list" and expected within "the next year or two," but staff said no firm date could be guaranteed because of funding limits.
The meeting also featured a county announcement from Melissa Niles, Department of Human Services director, that May is Mental Health Month and promoted a community "You Are Not Alone, Let's Walk About It" event in Vineland and a May 18–20 Disaster Response Crisis Counselor training available to volunteers and county staff. Niles noted the training is funded in part through a Safer Communities grant and invited interested residents to register via the county website.
