In Essex County: NJ Officials To Shut Down Dozens Of Road, Train Projects

Essex County, NJ - New Jersey’s recent transportation funding issues are about to impact Essex County.

The Governor's Office has released a list of transportation projects that will shut down Friday due to a lack of funding after legislators failed to see eye to eye on a gas tax increase to fuel the state's Transportation Trust Fund (TTF).

The temporary shutdown of $3.5 billion worth of projects will impact both Department of Transportation and NJ Transit initiatives. Work on projects funded by the TTF will stop by 11:59 p.m. on Friday for at least seven days, the governor's office said.

The shutdown follows an Executive Order by Gov. Chris Christie, who last week pledged work would be halted if legislators didn't approve a 23-cent gas tax to fund the state's Transportation Trust Fund, which expired Friday.

• See related article: $3.5B In N.J. Road Projects To Shut Down Friday

ESSEX COUNTY PROJECTS

Note: Some roads/projects are listed for multiple fiscal years

Projects that will be shut down in Essex County include:

Wallace Street and Carpenter Street (Belleville) - $251,540 current contract

Clinton Street and Tappan Avenue (Belleville) - $246,885

Replacement of Hoover Avenue Bridge over Third River (Bloomfield) – 772,500

Myrtle Street/JFK Drive North and South Intersection (Bloomfield) - $273,754

Newark Light Rail Bloomfield Station ADA Improvements (Bloomfield) - $9,700,000

Bloomfield Station Tunnel Renovation (Bloomfield) - $3,700,000

Taxiway N/H Lighting Phase II (Caldwell) - $42,693

RW 10-28 Crack Repair & Rejunvenation & RW 10-28 Threshold Lighting (Caldwell) - $5,850

Commerce Road (Cedar Grove) – $235,000

“Various Streets” (East Orange) - $412,350

Lehigh Drive, Section 2 (Fairfield) - $226,000

Rt 46, Rt 287 to Rt 23, Pompton Ave, ITS (Fairfield, Parsippany, Troy Hills) - $252,266

“Various Streets” (Glen Ridge) - $232,000

Lyons Avenue Bridge Over Elizabeth River (Irvington) - $435,000

Orange Garage Oil Water Separator (Irvington) - $1,400,000

Park Place (Irvington) - $377,637

“Various Streets” (Irvington) - $357,820

Orange Garage HVAC Unit Replacement (Irvington) - $2,100,000

Rt 10, Chelsea Dr to Kelly Drive (Livingston, West Orange) - $119,968

Maplewood Hilton Garage HVAC Unit Replacement (Maplewood) - $2,500,000

Maplewood Facility Roof Replacement Phase 1 (Maplewood) - $1,600,000

Bus Operations Control Center Upgrade (Maplewood) - $2,500,000

Maplewood Facility Roof Replacement Phase 2 (Maplewood) - $6,000,000

Hilton Garage Underground Storage Tank Replacement (Maplewood) - $1,700,000

Replacement of Cherry Lane Bridge (Millburn) - $1,000,000

Great Hills Road, Section 3 (Millburn) - $207,100

Maintenance Roadway Repair Contract North, Sub-Region N-3, Contract No. N312, U.S. 22 & I-78 Local (Millburn, Union, Springfield, Westfield, Scotch Plains, Mountainside) - $361,044

Gates Avenue, Section 2 (Montclair) - $221,544

“Various Streets” (Newark) – $1,354,440

“Various Streets” (Newark) – $1,341,640

Structural Repairs & Masonry Restoration (Newark) - $2,746,649

McClellan Street Underpass (Newark) - $69,200

Rt 27, Dehart Place to Rt 21 (Newark, Elizabeth) - $316,317

NJDOT Site Remediation (Newark) - $22,567

NJDOT Site Remediation (Newark) - $144,714

Ironbound Garage HVAC Unit Replacement (Newark) - $700,000

Newark Light Rail Backup Power/Signal System (Newark) - $1,400,000

Newark Light Rail Track State of Good Repair Phase I (Newark) - $3,300,000

Newark Light Rail Maintenance of Way Building Construction (Newark) - $2,900,000

Roosevelt Ave Bridge Design (Newark) - $800,000

Hunter Flyover - Planning and Environmental (Newark) - $2,000,000

Newark Light Rail Track State of Good Repair Phase II (Newark) - $10,200,000

Newark Light Rail Branch Brook Park Station Repairs (Newark) - $700,000

Newark Light Rail Norfolk Station Structural Repairs (Newark) - $1,700,000

Newark Light Rail Vehicle HVAC Replacement (Newark) - $2,100,000

Newark Light Rail Vehicle Base Facility Training Center (Newark) - $500,000

Ferry St Freight Elevator Replacement (Newark) - $500,000

Roosevelt Ave Bridge Rehabilitation (Newark) - $5,300,000

Newark Light Rail Norfolk Street ADA Design (Newark) - $600,000

Newark Light Rail Park Avenue Station Design (Newark) - $1,000,000

Newark Light Rail Communication System Upgrade Phase 1 (Newark) - $400,000

Newark Draw Replacement Study (Newark) - $900,000

Mill Road Design (Newark) - $1,500,000

NJTPD Broad Street Newark Rehabilitation (Newark) - $300,000

Newark Penn Sta. Boiler Building Demolition (Newark) - $1,900,000

Newark Headquarters Capital Lease (Newark) - $4,900,000

Nutley Big Tree Garage Oil/Water Separator (Nutley) - $1,700,000

Orange Bus Garage Underground Storage Tank Replacement (Orange) – $1,500,000

Orange Garage Stair Tower Repair (Orange) - $800,000

“Various Streets” (Orange) - $319,330

“Various Streets” (Orange) - $311,444

Monroe Avenue, Section 2 (Roseland) - $232,000

Becker Farm Road, Section 2 (Roseland) - $217,000

Academy Street (South Orange) - $242,000

Claremont Avenue, Section 2 (Verona) - $226,000

Westover Avenue (West Caldwell) - $226,000

Belgrade Terrace and Cherry Street (West Orange) - $226,000

New Oil-Fired Unit Heater Installation (West Orange) - $33,390

Rt 280 Rockfall Mitigation (West Orange) - $191,975

Mississippi Loop Facility Repair (West Orange) - $200,000

• The full list of NJDOT projects that will shut down can be found here.
• The full list of NJ Transit projects that will shut down can be found here.

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