Raising Cane's starting construction in July

GLASSBORO — Construction is scheduled to start July 29 on a Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers outlet here.

Demolition started July 1 on the former Rite Aid pharmacy that will become the restaurant's site, said spokeswoman Hannah Henderson.

“We plan to open doors early next year,” she said.

The property is at the intersection of North Delsea Drive (Route 47) and Donald Barger Boulevard, an area where long-traffic stack-ups are common.

The recognition of already heavy traffic in the area led to the borough being gifted a 10-foot-wide easement along the property frontage as a condition of Planning Board approval in January. The easement reserves space for possible road improvements.

At its review hearing then, company representatives said they had the New Jersey Department of Transportation to consider adjusting traffic signal timing to ease congestion.

Now, however, no change is expected for traffic lights at the intersection.

“After working with the developer’s engineer, NJDOT and the developer’s engineer are confident that the current traffic signal timing can accommodate the new traffic demand,” said department spokeswoman Lizzy Galamba.

Joe Smith is a N.E. Philly native transplanted to South Jersey 36 years ago, keeping an eye now on government in South Jersey. He is a former editor and current senior staff writer for The Daily Journal in Vineland, Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, and the Burlington County Times.

Have a tip? Support journalism with a subscription.