Press Editorial - Fix The Traffic Plan

Challenge Atlantic City Triathlon

The bicycle route went from Atlantic City, up the Atlantic City Expressway to two long loops through Hammonton and Mullica Township. And the race was held on the same day as Hammonton's annual Red, White and Blueberry Festival

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The combination may have drawn bigger crowds to Hammonton to attend the festival and see the cyclists, but it also closed so many roads that many motorists were trapped in what seemed like never-ending traffic jams.

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 Voice of the People

Keep triathlon cyclists off Route 30 next time

On Sunday, I was stuck in traffic for two and a half hours coming back from Philadelphia going to Absecon through Egg Harbor City and Hammonton. Why in the world was the Challenge Atlantic City Triathlon race permitted to cut traffic on Route 30 in Mullica Township and Hammonton?

It's not like it was one pack of riders, and then the roads were open. There were single riders stretched out for miles. Traffic was backed up on Route 30 in Mullica and then again for miles in Hammonton so cyclists could cross the White Horse Pike.

If it had not been for an alert police officer finally moving traffic cones allowing traffic to cross Route 206 at Route 30 instead of dead-ending on a side road east of Route 206, we would have spent another hour in traffic. I cannot imagine the frustration of someone who was heading to a function or Atlantic City International Airport. If the triathlon is held again, please close down one lane of the Atlantic City Expressway for as far as the cyclists need to go.

RICK WILLIAMS Absecon

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