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An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the total number of potential internments. In Planning Board testimony on June 2, the cemetery's lawyer said there would be 462 caskets in each of the mausoleums.
Locustwood Memorial Park, the scenic cemetery on westbound Route 70 in Cherry Hill, wants to expand vertically.
The Locustwood Cemetery Association has applied to the Township Planning Board to build two one-story mausoleums on what is now a landscaped circle near the center of the 122-year-old cemetery known for its Doric marble columns that were a part of an exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
A total of 462 caskets would be housed in each of the two identical 1,650-square-foot buildings, according to Locustwood's plans. In addition, there would be room for 380 niches in each building. A niche is used to store ashes.
This is part of the circle at Locustwood that will be excavated to build two 1,650-square-foot freestanding mausoleums.
Locustwood's application to the Cherry Hill Planning Board
Site improvements would include sidewalks, landscaping, drainage and utilities and the mausoleums "will include no habitable space," according to the application, which seeks approval for the preliminary and final major site plans.
The application is scheduled to be heard at next Monday's Planning Board meeting, which begins with an open caucus at 7 p.m. followed by the public meeting at 7:30. The meeting is only remote, on Zoom, with instructions on how to attend here.Â
The cemetery association anticipates no increase in traffic flow, although the new mausoleums would be expected to get 12 to 24 visitors a week who would stay for between 20 and 30 minutes, the application notes.
