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In the coming months, the original Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge will be dismantled, ending a project to replace the aging structure with a new one. Pieces of it won’t be far away.
For 40 years, Hunterdon County senior citizens, others with disabilities and those in need of getting from here to there have been able to rely on the LINK. The Hunterdon board of commissioners, on July 15, honored the transportation system for its 40th anniversary with a proclamation.
The Borough of Saddle River has installed a covered pedestrian bridge over the Saddle River at Rindlaub Park. It will open to the public in October upon the completion of related park improvements, according to the Bergen County town’s mayor.
Drawing on years of community input, new plans unveiled to the public this week by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection are set to improve the inner layout of Liberty State Park, spanning nearly five years of public engagement from the community.
Amtrak passengers will finally get to ride the new $2.4 billion NextGen Acela trains, capable of hitting 160 mph, starting Aug. 28 on the Northeast Corridor rail line in New Jersey.
Although the emergency repairs on Route 80 sinkholes have been completed, Assemblywoman Aura Dunn says the work to strengthen New Jersey’s transportation infrastructure is just getting started.
For drivers who bump and clatter through potholes, the number of craters on state highways may seem infinite. A new bipartisan law requires the New Jersey Department of Transportation to count every pothole they repair and give drivers the data in an annual road pavement condition report.
A near-miss with kids riding e-bikes shocked a Jersey Shore mayor into action. Mayor Jay Gillian said two “young e-bike riders “ on the wrong side of the road went through a red light and into the path of his vehicle, narrowly avoiding a collision.
The Sussex County Board of County Commissioners approved an ordinance to spend about $4.7 million on road and bridge improvements at its meeting July 23.
Hunterdon County will hold a public hearing this month to gather community feedback on its transportation assistance program for senior citizens and disabled residents.
