A long-term project to transform the contaminated former landfill site on Harrison Avenue in Camden, NJ into Cramer Hill Waterfront Park came to fruition last fall. Armando Alfonso, a Rutgers Law-Camden student and an environmental engineer with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), spearheaded this project. He was joined by Frank McLaughlin, a Rutgers-New Brunswick alumnus and manager of the NJDEP’s Community Collaborative Initiative.
The Cramer Hill Waterfront Park, which at 62 acres makes it the largest park in the city of Camden, NJ, wraps along the shore where the Delaware River and the Cooper River meet, about one mile from Rutgers University–Camden’s campus. It features a fishing plaza, hiking and biking trails, a kayak launch, a picnic area, a playground, a sensory garden and shoreline observation areas.