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Dept/ Agency: Engineering
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Extension Request from Entity
Purpose: To request an extension from NJDOT to allow the City of Newark to award a contract for the construction of infrastructure improvements at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Sussex Avenue and Central Avenue by August 4, 2023.
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Entity Address: P.O. Box 600, Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Contract Amount: $300,000.00
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT)/2021 Safe Streets to Transit Program
Contract Period: Fiscal Year 2021
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. (X) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
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WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey Department of Transportation ("NJDOT") 2021 Safe Streets to Transit Program (SST Program), provides grant funding for infrastructure improvements for traditional and non-traditional transportation initiatives that enable and encourage walking and bicycling to transit; and
WHEREAS, on July 6, 2020, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Director of the Department of Engineering submitted an electronic grant application to NJDOT requesting grant funding in the amount of Three Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($393,000.00), from the New Jersey Department of Transportation's 2021 SST Program, to improve the intersection at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Sussex Avenue and Central Avenue, with no City funds required; and
WHEREAS, on February 4, 2021, NJDOT announced that the City was selected to receive a grant award in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($300,000.00), for the construction of infrastructure improvements at the inte...
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