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Dept/ Agency: Engineering
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Application and Acceptance of Grant Funds for the NJDOT 2026 Safe Streets to Transit (SST) Program
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT)
Entity Address: P.O. Box 600, Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Grant Amount: $2,959,838.00
Total Project Cost: $2,959,838.00
City Contribution: $ 0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: 0.00
Grant Period: Start and end dates
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
List of Property: (if applicable)
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
Additional Information:
This Resolution authorizes the City of Newark to apply for grant funding in the amount of $2,959,838.00 and to accept any lesser and greater amount from the NJDOT FW2026 Safe Streets to Transit Program, with no municipal funds required.
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WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey Department of Transportation ("NJDOT") provides grant funding for infrastructure improvements for traditional and non-traditional transportation initiatives that enable and encourage walking and bicycling to transit through the FY2026 Safe Streets to Transit Program (the, "SST Program"); and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") desires to obtain funding from the FY2026 SST Program to improve transportation infrastructure within one mile of Branch Brook Park Station (the designated limit of improvements paid for by the SST Program); and
WHEREAS, the Acting Director of the Department of Engineering has submitted an electronic grant application on July 1, 2025 to NJDOT, on behalf of the City of Newark, requesting grant funding in the amount of Two Million Nine Hundred Fifty Nine Thousand Eight...
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