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Woolwich adopts ordinance creating municipal truck route, updates truck‑route map
Summary
The Woolwich Township Committee unanimously adopted Ordinance 2024‑19 Oct. 7, 2024, amending Chapter 182 to establish a municipal truck route and designate weight‑restrictive signage, correcting a map to replace Woodstown Road with Russell Mill Road and fixing a boulevard name misspelling.
The Woolwich Township Committee voted unanimously Oct. 7 to adopt Ordinance 2024‑19, amending the township code (Chapter 182) to establish a municipal truck route and designate weight‑restrictive signage on specified roadways. Deputy Mayor Nocentino moved to adopt the ordinance, with Committeeman McGovern seconding; the motion passed on a 5–0 roll call.
The ordinance reading included a proposed amendment to section 182‑44 to align Oldmans Creek language with the truck route map dated Dec. 5, 2023. As amended, the map language removes a reference to Woodstown Road and replaces it with Russell Mill Road to the municipal boundary. Committeeman Frederick noted a misspelling of “Frederick Boulevard,” which the committee corrected in the motion to adopt.
Mayor Matthias explained that Back Creek Road was removed from the truck‑route designation because Harrison Township had not approved the route for its portion; the committee clarified that a road cannot be designated a municipal truck route unless it provides a complete exit point beyond the township boundary. The ordinance as amended was adopted by roll call: Frederick YES, McGovern YES, Minhas YES, Nocentino YES, Matthias YES (5–0).
The ordinance updates the township’s vehicles and traffic code to formalize where heavy vehicles may travel and where weight restrictions will be posted. Committee members said the changes reflect coordination with neighboring municipalities and an existing truck‑route map. The committee will incorporate the agreed map edits and corrected street names into the final ordinance text prior to filing.
The committee’s next step is administrative: incorporate the map correction and the spelling correction into the published ordinance and to post updated signage where required. The meeting record shows no further public testimony on this ordinance and no amendments that altered the substance of the truck‑route designation beyond the map alignment and spelling corrections.
