Planners hail city's future transit vision
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Jersey City's long-term transportation plan has earned the distinction
of outstanding.
The New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association presented
Jersey City with one of its three Outstanding Plan Awards during the
annual conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Brunswick Nov. 5.
"This is an honor that warrants a great amount of pride," Mayor
Jerramiah T. Healy said in a prepared statement.
The city received the designation for the circulation element of its
master plan.
The circulation element is a long-term transportation plan that
prepares for the needs of transporting people and goods to and from the
city. It considers future development and redevelopment projects to 2050.
Included in the plan is construction of an off-road trail for the East
Coast Greenway, a nearly 3,000-mile urban trail being pieced together to
connect Maine to Florida.
The Jersey City portion calls for preservation of the Sixth Street
Embankment, an abandoned rail line, which is slated for development. The
city and the site's owner, developer Steve Hyman are currently in court
over the issue.
It also calls for an extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail across
Route 440 to the Bayfront Redevelopment Plan area, which sits between the
Hackensack River and Route 440 with Kellogg Street to the south and the
city's Public Works complex to the north.
MELISSA HAYES
