As the holiday season ramps up - and Amazon adds seasonal workers - traffic in and out of the giant warehouse creates one humongous parking lot.
It might easily have been a case of be careful what you wish for.
Municipal officials rejoiced when mega distributor Amazon announced it was opening a 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse in Robbinsville. The new facility would be a source of new jobs and a shot in the arm for the local economy, they proclaimed, welcoming the online retailer with open arms.
And indeed, the new facility has done all that since it began operating, creating more than 4,000 regular, full-time jobs while kicking in more than $300,000 to help operate a shuttle bus that carries employees from Trenton to the center.
But the township's economic windfall comes at a price.
As the holiday season ramps up - and Amazon adds seasonal workers - traffic in and out of the giant warehouse creates one humongous parking lot.
Just how bad is the gridlock?
Robbinsville Mayor David Fried says the last month and a half has seen more than 25 accidents near the entrances to the facility, and one resident of nearby Upper Freehold says the congestion gets so intense it can take as long as 40 minutes to move three-quarters of a mile.
Especially hard hit are school buses forced to navigate through the masses of cars in the morning, jockeying with Amazon workers impatient to punch in on time.
The bumper-to-bumper situation got so dire that Fried threatened to sue Amazon earlier this month, demanding no less than the shutdown of the warehouse if the traffic nightmare went unresolved.
The mayor was particularly vexed that key Amazon officials failed to show up at a meeting with Robbinsville leaders to hear their woes.
But some clever maneuvering by Amazon seems to have soothed the township's ruffled feathers - and kept the matter out of court.
The day after learning of the looming legal action, Amazon announced plans to stagger the work shifts of its employees over a 90-minute period, with two new starting times in the morning and two in the evening.
Fried said the adjustments would reduce the number of cars to below approved peak traffic counts, and help ease the commuters' plight.
"The senior members of Amazon were very good and are willing to start working on things for next year so we don't have these problems again," the Robbinsville official said.
The new arrangement, which took some creative juggling to balance the needs of Amazon's employees with the needs of local residents, was expected to be fully implemented by last Monday.
Crisis averted, to everyone's satisfaction.