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Dept/ Agency: Engineering
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Adopting a Policy
Purpose: A Resolution of Support that states that the City of Newark and the Municipal Council hereby supports the preliminary preferred alternative, Concept 3C, complete bridge replacement for the Clay Street Bridge on the existing alignment, with a movable bridge over a100 foot wide waterway channel of the Passaic River.
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WHEREAS, to qualify to receive federal funding for the preliminary and final design phase, a Resolution of Support for the project from the City of Newark is appropriate and will be included in the Local Concept Development study documentation; and
WHEREAS, the Hudson County/Essex County Clay Street Bridge, spanning the Passaic River and connecting the City of Newark and the Borough of East Newark, was constructed in 1908 and is a critical transportation connection for residents and commuters in both counties; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the Hudson County Engineer and the Office of the Essex County Engineer, has determined that the bridge is in need of major rehabilitation and/or replacement and through a federally funded Local Concept Development process administered by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) has performed an alternatives analysis to identify and evaluate viable and feasible alternatives to rehabilitate and/or replace the bridge; and
WHEREAS, the NJTPA and the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) have been project team members with Hudson and Essex Counties; and
WHEREAS, the project team held two (2) public information centers, each with afternoon and evening sessions, to inform the public and receive comments and input for the project and used Twitter and maintained a project website to further assist the public in obtaining information about the project; and
WHEREAS, the project team met with respective m...
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