Mount Hermon’s 2007 Summer guests, employees, and residents
suffer minimal delays during the repairs to Conference Drive.

Over the last few years, a portion of Conference Drive near the main entrance dropped six inches.   The need to secure the road became apparent when during heavy winter rains that same side of the road slid.  Friends of Mount Hermon generously raised $250,000 at Labor Day Family Camp in 2006 to cover the full cost of repairing the road. 

When construction began this spring, a failed retaining wall was discovered below the surface.  The engineers decided to utilize the retaining wall into the current plans making the road even more secure.  The change in plans delayed the project and increased the cost by $47,000.

The road was paved September 4 and opened to the public for use two days later.  The foot path was also reopened with the addition of safety railing built by one of our own Mount Hermon volunteers. (Thanks Jerry!)

On September 6 both lanes are once again open with the

addition of safety railing along the foot path.