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Dept/ Agency: Engineering
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds for the NJDOT 2018 Bikeway Grant Program
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $348,000.00
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Department of Transportation
Total Project Cost: $348,000.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: Date of application submission to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey Department of Transportation ("NJDOT") Bikeway Grant Program provides funds to counties and municipalities to promote bicycling as an alternate mode of transportation in New Jersey. A primary objective of the Bikeway Grant Program is to support the State's goal of constructing 1,000 new miles, of dedicated bike paths (facilities that are physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier either within the highway right of way or within an independent right of way); and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark wants to provide bicycle access to Penn Station Newark from Ironbound through Riverfront Park by creating protected and shared bike lanes along Raymond Boulevard between Freeman Street and mid-block cross at Riverbank Park Newark; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to further the public interest by obtaining funding from the NJDOT FY 2018 Bikeway Grant Program for the construction of protected and shared bike lanes along Raymond Boulevard between Freeman St and mid-block cross at Riv...
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