Camden County Freeholder Director Cappelli Chosen to Lead Regional Planning Agency
For Immediate Release: June 25, 2009
Contacts: KEN SHUTTLEWORTH (609) 472-8837

Directors of the Philadelphia-based Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) have elected Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr. chairman of the agency that funnels millions of federal dollars into transportation projects throughout nine counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

“It’s an honor to serve as chairman of this agency and play a role next month in the approval of $1.8 billion in highway and transit funding through the New Jersey Transportation Program (TIP), including $235 anticipated for Camden County,” Cappelli said after his unanimous election on Thursday.

Among the projects is a $33 million plan to replace the Cooper River Bridge on Route 130 between Pennsauken and Collingswood and $135 million for reconstructing the interchange that connects I-295, I-76 and Route 42.

Cappelli said the DVRPC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Greater Philadelphia region. “As such, the agency funnels federal dollars into the Delaware Valley for a variety of transportation projects, including $31 million for locally selected projects included in the TIP and funded under the national Recovery Act.

“The Commission is dedicated to uniting the region’s elected officials, planning professionals and the public with the common vision of making a great region even greater,” Cappelli added.

A life-long resident of Collingswood, Cappelli, an attorney, joined the Camden County Board of Freeholders in 2003. He served previously on the three-member Collingswood Borough Commission and played an integral role on the team that revitalized a town with an uncertain future. Since becoming a freeholder, Cappelli has not only led the way towards reducing the property tax levy for county services for the past three years, but also created the Brownfield and Redevelopment Center (BARC) as part of the county’s ongoing effort to focus on economic development in the region and creatively manage the problems of suburban sprawl and other symptoms of overdevelopment in Camden County.

In addition to Camden County, the Commission is governed by representatives from Gloucester, Burlington and Mercer Counties in New Jersey and Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania.

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