NJTPA H U D S O N C O U N T Y LOCAL SAFETY

PROGRAM Thomas DeGise Hudson County Executive NJTPA Trustee

Safety udson County received a $3,539,700 About the Project Area Hgrant for this project through the John F. Kennedy Boulevard is ranked first in improvements NJTPA’s FY 2017-2018 Local Safety Program the region on the NJTPA’s list of high-crash (LSP). The grant includes funding for design, corridors. Park Avenue becomes John F. along Park Avenue, construction and construction inspection Kennedy where it connects to services. The project will improve safety and the Helix. All three corridors John F. Kennedy overall operations at 34 intersections along have high traffic volumes and significant three corridors. pedestrian activity. These corridors traverse Boulevard East and neighborhoods that are a mix of residential Project Details and commercial properties. John F. Kennedy Improvements will include: traffic signal upgrades at 30 intersections along a 3-mile The Local Safety Program Boulevard in stretch of John F. Kennedy Boulevard East The LSP specializes in cost-effective solutions from Hoboken through North Bergen, on that can make an immediate impact on their Hudson County Park Avenue at 15th and 19th streets in target areas. The LSP is federally funded, Hoboken and on John F. Kennedy Boulevard utilizing Highway Safety Improvement Program at Oxford and Linden Avenues in Jersey City; funds. It was established by the NJTPA Funding awarded: pedestrian refuge islands at Park Avenue in conjunction with the Federal Highway and 19th Street, and at JFK Blvd. East and Administration and Department $3,539,700 74th Street; a mid-block crosswalk on John F. of Transportation to advance safety initiatives Kennedy Boulevard East between Highwood on county and local roads. For more Terrace and Parkview Avenue and curb information, visit www.njtpa.org/LocalSafety. extensions at those two intersections and at Bull’s Road.

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