Infrastructure

Plans are underway to create a statewide greenway connecting Jersey City with Phillipsburg along the former Morris Canal route. The North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority recently put out a request for proposals for consultant assistance to support development of the project.

After years of planning and delays, the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system should soon start living up to its name and be extended into several Bergen county towns, an expansion that will take a huge step forward when the state’s Transportation Trust Fund is replenished.

Tesla is expanding its charging footprint in Hackensack, where a new station will serve one of NJ’s busiest EV corridors.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority not only wants to replace the Newark Bay Bridge, but is also seeking to bring major changes to part of I-78 in Jersey City.

The $230 million Rebuild By Design project, which aims to curb flooding in parts of Hoboken, Weehawken and Jersey City, hit another major milestone late last week when the Department of Environmental Protection announced what they’ll be building and what it will look like, although the benefits of the undertaking are still a few years away.

Still in the early conceptual phase, the massive project would transform one of downtown Jersey City's last remaining industrial sections. In order to build it, the developer is ready to provide huge givebacks to the community.

A new plan designed to calm traffic and beautify the streetscape is in the works for one of Hoboken’s busiest streets, and it hopes to strike a balance that will make drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists all feel more at ease when traveling the corridor.

Improvements to Bayonne’s aging water supply infrastructure could be forthcoming.

Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport was awarded a 5-Star Airport Terminal Rating from the air travel industry’s premier rating organization.

The Port Authority announced that improvements set for the system will increase capacity by 40% on the Newark-World Trade Center trains and add 20% capacity to other lines by 2022.