NJDOT
announces $2.5 million in
Transportation
Enhancement grants
(Trenton)
Commissioner Jack Lettiere today announced that the New Jersey
Department of Transportation (NJDOT) awarded $2.5 million in Transportation
Enhancement grants funded through the federal Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA-LU).
"The
Transportation Enhancement program enables NJDOT to invest in
non-traditional projects
that improve the quality of life in communities statewide ,”
said Commissioner Lettiere. “ These
investments will pay dividends for generations of New Jersey residents.”
The
grants will fund 14 projects in fiscal year 2006, including $250,000
for the Rahway River Bike Path in South Orange Village Township,
$200,000 for the Perth Amboy Gateways and Historical Markers in
Perth Amboy, and $100,000 for the Central Railroad of New Jersey
Caboose Project in Fanwood Borough.
Transportation
Enhancement (TE) projects are designed to preserve and protect
environmental and cultural resources and promote alternative modes
of transportation. Transportation Enhancement
grants typically fund non-traditional transportation projects,
including the creation of bicycling and pedestrian trails, restoration
of historic canals, historic train station rehabilitations and
improvements to downtown streetscapes. NJDOT
awards funds for project design, right of way acquisition and
construction.
Here
is the list of FY 2006 Recipients :
Teaneck
Township
Ward Plaza Streetscape
$250,000
Mount
Ephraim Borough Kings Highway
Streetscape
$250,000
Wildwood
City
Pacific Avenue Streetscape
$150,000
Bloomfield
Township
Bloomfield Station Redevelopment $100,000
Cedar
Grove Township
Pompton Avenue Streetscape
$150,000
South
Orange Village
Rahway River Bike Path
$250,000
Glassboro
Borough
Downtown Streetscapes VI
$150,000
Swedesboro
Borough
Pedestrian Enhancements
$200,000
Harrison
Town
North 5 th Street Pedestrian Bridge $200,000
High
Bridge Borough
Business District Enhancements
$200,000
Hopewell
Borough
Streetscape Improvements
$150,000
Perth
Amboy
Perth Amboy Gateways
$200,000
Fanwood
Borough
Central RR Caboose Project
$100,000
Plainfield
City
Business District Streetscape
$100,000
