Agency: Local Partner, Atlantic County

Location:  Mays Landing

Funding Source: Clean School Bus Program

The Atlantic County Special Services School District will replace five school buses, thanks to a grant award from the EPA. ACSSSD is a public school that provides programs and related services for students with disabilities from age 3 to age 21. This will protect the health of New Jersey’s children in overburdened communities that have faced the adverse health effects of disproportionate air pollution. 

Agency: NJ Department of Transportation

Location: Clifton, NJ

Funding Source:  National Highway Performance Program

From Notch/Rifle Camp Road to just east of the Valley Road Intersection, Route 46 will be widened to provide standard shoulders and acceleration/deceleration/auxiliary lanes, and will be realigned as needed to improve sight distance.  At the intersection of Route 46 and Route 3, a three-lane section will replace the existing two-lane connections.  Route 46 will be realigned to converge with Route 3 from the right side (not the left as presently exists).  Complete interchange upgrades will be made.  

From Route 46 to Grove Street, Route 3 will be widened to provide auxiliary lanes and standard shoulders.  The project will require the removal of three bridge structures and replacing them with four new bridge structures.  Each of these structures will be designed to provide a minimum vertical underclearance of 15 feet 6 inches.  Culverts will be impacted as well. 

Overall, the improvements to this intersection will relieve congestion and improve safety.

Agency: Gateway Development Commission, NJTransit, Amtrak, Port Authority of NY&NJ

Location: Manhattan, NYC

Funding Source: US DOT Mega Grant Program

The Hudson River Tunnel (HRT) is the most important infrastructure project in America. 

This Mega Award is a key phase of the HRT program that will construct concrete casings, preserving the future right-of-way for the HRT. When complete, the concrete casing will preserve the ability to construct a new tunnel that connects New Jersey with Penn Station New York, as envisioned in the Hudson Tunnel Project.

HRT will eliminate a single point-of-failure along the Northeast Corridor (NEC), providing long-term climate resilience to one of the most vital economic engines in the nation. This section of the NEC contributes nearly 20% of the nation’s GDP. 

The HRT will create 72,000 direct, indirect, and induced jobs over the project’s construction period, or $19 billion in economic activity. 

The Tunnel will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by making Amtrak and NJTransit trains on the Northeast Corridor more attractive and reliable. We estimate that the HRT will reduce two million additional tons of carbon being released. 

Agency: NJ Department of Environmental Protection

Location: Statewide

Funding Source: Charging Infrastructure Grant Program

The Department of Environmental Protection will use $10 million to fund the build-out of EV Charging stations for residents of multi-family housing in low and moderate-income neighborhoods, underserved communities, and rural areas. By targeting areas near public transit stations, this program will fill the gaps in the EV Charging Infrastructure Statewide, ensuring that the health benefits of EV adoption are felt equitably across the state. It will also enable the use of shared transportation services such as electric carshare and rideshare options

Agency: FHWA, Local Partner, Vineland NJ

Location: West Chestnut Avenue, Vineland NJ

Funding Source: Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program

Using Proven Safety Countermeasures, the City of Vineland plans to improve safety on the nearly 2.3-mile corridor of Chestnut Avenue. A road diet of converting the four-lane road to a three-lane section, along with the creation of bike lanes and enhanced visibility at crosswalks will mitigate vehicle crashes, increase multi-modal mobility, and connect underserved communities to jobs and opportunities in Vineland.

Agency: NJTransit and Amtrak

Location: Kearny/Secaucus

Funding Source/Program:  Capital Investment Grant Program

NJTransit and Amtrak are replacing the century-old Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River, between Newark Penn Station and Secaucus Junction. The existing movable, swing span bridge was constructed in 1910, is 110-years old, and has exceeded its originally intended service life. Due to its age and frequency of use, the movable bridge is costly and difficult to maintain and experiences frequent breakdowns.

A two-track replacement bridge – Portal North – will replace the outdated Portal Bridge with a modern, high-level fixed span that does not open or close, eliminating the movable components and risk of malfunction. The new bridge will rise 50-feet over the river and, including the approaches, span nearly 2.5 miles of the Northeast Corridor. Portal North Bridge is an important element of the broader Gateway Program that will eventually double rail capacity between Newark and New York.

Agency: NJTransit

Location: Perth Amboy, NJ

Funding Source:  Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Grant Program

To improve passenger safety and accessibility, and to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), NJTransit is improving accessibility at Perth Amboy station. The project will construct high-level platforms for handicap accessibility, elevators, ramps, additional pedestrian overpasses, widened sidewalks, and access paths where appropriate at the Perth Amboy Station. In some instances, accessibility improvements will be paired with physical condition upgrades to improve the station’s overall state of good repair.