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Dept./ Agency: Engineering
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Accepting Funds
Purpose: Broad Street Phase II Pedestrian Safety Improvements
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Entity Address: 1035 Parkway Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Amount: $4,856,257.51
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: Not Applicable
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R4-e adopted on June 15, 2016 accepted grant funding in the amount of $3,475,000.00.
Grant funds are made available from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and administered by NJDOT. No municipal funds are required.
This Resolution will increase the grant funding from $3,475,000.00 to $4,856,257.51 ($4,404,059.10 for construction and $452,198.41 for Construction Management/Inspection).
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WHEREAS, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) makes funds available for local transportation related projects of public entities of federal aid funds and those funds are administered by and through the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) and the State of New Jersey, Department of Transportation (NJDOT) for Local Safety Programs; and
WHEREAS, on June 15, 2015, the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) invited the City of Newark to submit proposals for the FY 2016-2017 solicitation of the Local Safety and High Risk Rural Roads Program; and
WHEREAS, on September 1, 2015, the City of Newark, Department of Engineering, submitted a proposal for the FY 2016-2017 Local Safety Program High Risk Rural Roads Program to the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) for the Broad Street Pedestrian Safety Corridor Improvements requesting grant funding in the amount of $3,475,000.00; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this proposal, on February 25, 2016, the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority...
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