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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 Safe Streets to Transit Program (SST)
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $227,260.00
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Department of Transportation
Total Project Cost: $227,260.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: N/A
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") for the 2018 Safe Streets to Transit Program (SST) provides grant funding for improvements that enable and encourage walking and bicycling to transit; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark wants to improve pedestrian access to the Broad Street Rail Station along University Avenue from Central Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to further the public interest by obtaining funding from the 2018 Safe Streets to Transit Program (SST) for upgrading and repairing sidewalks, curb ramps and making the sidewalks and ramps ADA compliant and providing adequate lighting along University Avenue from Broad Street Station to Central Avenue, Newark; and
WHEREAS, on October 4, 2017, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Director of the Department of Engineering submitted an application to the NJDOT requesting grant funding in the amount of $227,260.00 from the 2018 Safe Streets to Transit Program (SST) for upgrading and repairing sidewalks, curb ramps and making the sidewalks and ramps ADA compliant and providing adequate lighting along University Avenue from Bro...
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