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Dept/ Agency: Engineering
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Traffic Signal Optimization/Adaptive Traffic Signals along McCarter Highway (Route 21)
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $760,000.00
Funding Source: North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA)
Total Project Cost: $950,000.00
City Contribution: $190,000.00 from the 2016 municipal budget
Other Funding Source/Amount: N/A
Contract Period: N/A
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) provides funds for its Transportation Clean Air Measures (TCAM) program supported by local Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) funds; and
WHEREAS, on March 23, 2015, the City of Newark, Department of Engineering, submitted a FY 2015-2017 Regional/Local CMAQ Initiatives Program Proposal to the NJTPA requesting grant funding in the amount of $950,000.00 for Traffic Signal Optimization/Adaptive Traffic Signals along McCarter Highway (Route 21); and
WHEREAS, as a result of this request, on October 27, 2015 the City of Newark was awarded a grant in the amount of $760,000.00 from the NJTPA for the Traffic Signal Optimization/Adaptive Traffic Signals along McCarter Highway (Route 21) Project for the Federal Fiscal Year 2016; and
WHEREAS, a local match of $190,000.00 will be required for receipt and acceptance of this grant award and shall be provided from the 2016 municipal budget; and
WHEREAS, upon notification of final authorization of this project from NJDOT, the Direct...
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