Courier Post. By Phaedra Trethan

"Cobblestones are the original speed bumps," joked U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross, "brought over from the Old Country."

But while cobblestones may be the first way drivers in North Camden were forced to slow down, they're hardly the only way: The neighborhood's streets are uneven, prone to flooding, pocked with potholes and yes, the asphalt occasionally gives way to those bumpy but charming remnants of long-bygone days.

Some of those cobblestones will be covered, though, along with the potholes and dips in one of the city's oldest neighborhoods. And new water and sewer improvements, officials said at a groundbreaking Monday, will help mitigate the flooding that homeowners and motorists have contended with for decades.

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