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2. Mail a letter to U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood asking that U.S. DOT insure that this federally funded project include bicycle/pedestrian accommodation. Sample letter here.
3. Call or send email to your elected representatives and ask them to support bicycle/ped access to the Portal Bridge. Sample letter here. Contact:
Senator Frank Lautenberg: contact David Garten, david_garten@lautenberg.senate.gov, 202-224-3224
Senator Robert Menendez: contact Jorge Madrid, jorge_madrid@menendez.senate.gov, 202-224-3603
Congressman Albio Sires: contact Mariel Lim, mariel.lim@mail.house.gov , 202-225-7919
Congressman Steven Rothman: contact Will Isenberg, will.isenberg@mail.house.gov , 202-225-5061
Congressman Donald Payne, contact LaVerne Alexander, Laverne.alexander@mail.house.gov , 202-225-3436
4. Attend the Portal Bridge public hearing on Green Acres mitigation; we will let you know when the date is re-set.
This meeting is for the public to make its views known concerning mitigation required by the state in exchange for Laurel Park acreage that is being permanently disposed of to accommodate the Portal Bridge project. This project will replace a hundred-year-old swing rail bridge over the Hackensack with a new Amtrak/NJ transit bridge that better accommodates marine traffic.
The East Coast Greenway Alliance will propose that the mitigation consist of five acres of land dedicated to a bicycle and pedestrian path over the planned southern Hackensack bridge, linking Kearny with Secaucus and extending into Jersey City's west side. The Embankment Preservation Coalition supports this proposal , which would do much to advance the Greenway and other bike and ped facilities in the County. Supporters of the East Coast Greenway are urged to make your views known by attending the public hearing. If you cannot make the hearing, you may send
written comments (deadline April 7, 2010) to:
Laurie Cotter, Deputy County Administrator
567 Pavonia Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07305
with a copy to:
NJ Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program
Bureau of Legal Services and Stewardship
P.O. Box 412
Trenton, NJ 08625-0412
Here is background information for your use: ( click to open links)
Notification of Hearing
Major Talking Points for Hearing
Map Showing ECG Mitigation Proposal in Relation to Route in Development
Sample Letter to Hudson County Deputy Administrator and Green Acres
Sample Letter to Secretary Ray LaHood, U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Sample Email to Our Elected Representatives