Township officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday at 51 Union Street to mark the long-awaited occasion. After two years of planning, construction on the township’s new municipal complex is officially underway. Township officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday to mark the long-awaited occasion.
“It’s just great to see it finally come together. We’ve been working on this for over two years,” Mayor Chuck Watson said. “It’s going to be a great building, so it’s really exciting to get it finally underway.”
The new, two-story, 23,000-square-foot building will be located at 51 Union St. behind the historic John Haines House. It will house a new library to replace the Pinelands branch of the Burlington County Library System on Allen Street on its first floor, and the township’s municipal offices on the second floor.
