‘Instant’ post office delivered to Harbeson
The opening of a new Harbeson Post Office is not too far in the future. Once site work is completed, the office is expected to open by the end of summer, said Ray Daiutolo, head of corporate communications for the U.S. Postal Service South Jersey and Philadelphia District. A crew began working June 5 to place a modular building on a lot at 18865 Harbeson Road.
The existing post office at the intersection of Route 9 and Harbeson Road closed Dec. 29, 2018, to make way for construction of a Royal Farms convenience store.
Before it closed, during a meeting with Harbeson residents, postal service officials said it would take about six months to a year to select a new location and get a post office.
Since the post office was closed, 200 post office box holders have had to travel to the Georgetown Post Office.
In order to get the facility, the parcel had to be rezoned. On Oct. 22, 2019, Sussex County Council approved a rezoning application from MR, medium-density residential, and AR-1, agricultural-residential, to B-2 community business district filed by Harbeson Farm Revex LLC for a .8-acre parcel, about one-half mile south of the Route 9 intersection.
