Tremley Point Connector Road
Project description:
The Tremley Point Connector Road provides access from the New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 12 through Carteret, NJ, over the Rahway River, and into Tremley Point in Linden, NJ.
Location:
Carteret in Middlesex County and Linden in Union County
Transportation modes:
Trucks, Passenger vehicles
The Tremley Point Connector Road's role in the Liberty Corridor provides direct access between the New Jersey Turnpike and Tremley Point, a strategic site of approximately 400 acres of brownfields in southeastern Union County near Port Newark and Port Elizabeth.
Related to economic development, the Tremley Point Connector Road:
- provides direct Turnpike access to Tremley Point in Union County and the Carteret International Trade and Logistics Center (I-Port 12) Development in Middlesex County two designated portfields' sites.
- facilitates development of more than six million square feet of industrial space and approximately 2,000 new jobs.
Innovative aspects of the Tremley Point Connector Road are that the project:
- supports the redevelopment of brownfields.
- encourages the potential development of Tremley Point as a multimodal freight village that also involves rail, barging and value-added warehouses and distribution centers.
Total project cost:
$92 million
Funding partnerships:
The Liberty Corridor will contribute $10 million or 12% of the funding for the Connector Road, and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority will provide the remaining $82 million. The Authority is also investing $155 million to improve congestion problems at Interchange 12 and is funding the anticipated new development in the surrounding area. SAFETEA-LU will fund $2.2 million for the High Priority Project to develop access to I-Port 12.
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Project lead:
New Jersey Turnpike Authority |
