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Dept/ Agency: Engineering
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds for the NJDOT 2023 Transit Village Grant Program
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Entity Address: P.O. Box 600, Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Grant Amount: $565,664.00
Total Project Cost: $565,664.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: Not Applicable
Grant Period: Not Applicable
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") FY 2023 Transit Village Grant Program provides municipalities with grant funding for bicycle lane projects; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") seeks to obtain funding from the FY 2023 Transit Village Grant Program, to provide access to the Newark Central Business District for bicyclists, by creating a two-way separated bikeway along the Morris Canal Greenway; and
WHEREAS, the City intends to further the public interest by obtaining funding from the NJDOT FY 2023 Transit Village Grant Program for the construction of a two-way separated bikeway along the Morris Canal Greenway (the "Newark Morris Canal Bikeway Project"); and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2022, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Acting Director of the Department of Engineering, submitted an application, identified as TV-2023-Newark Morris Canal Bikeway - 00004 to NJDOT requesting grant funding in the amount of Five Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Four Hundred and Zero Cents ($565,664.00) from the NJDOT FY 2023 Transit Village Grant Program, for construction of the Newark Morris Canal ...
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