This is a press release from Essex County. Press releases are official statements that have not been independently verified.
Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority has awarded Essex County two grants totaling $46 million grant to modernize and update 54 intersections in nine Essex County municipalities on Monday, March 13th. The two grants – for 24,830,00 and $21,735,000 for a total of $46.565 million – is the largest safety-oriented award ever given by the NJTPA through its Local Safety Program.
“”The NJTPA plays an important role, overseeing the investment of billions of dollars in our region’s transportation infrastructure and virtually all projects are designed with safety as a top priority. Receiving the largest safety grant ever awarded by the authority and the improvements that it will support represent a great investment in our ongoing initiative to enhance the safety of our pedestrians and motorists,” DiVincenzo said. “Our county roads are the lifeline for our residents and businesses, and making sure we have the most up to date equipment will make our roads more walkable and drivable, contribute to our quality of life and enhance property values,” he added.
The needs of each intersection will be addressed. This includes, but is not limited to, new state-of-the-art traffic signal equipment, LED lights which shine brighter and are more energy efficient, new signage and roadway striping, back-up power to ensure signals begin working if there is an electrical failure, and a camera system to enable traffic signals along shared corridors to be synchronized to maximize traffic flow.
The award of the grant allows Essex County to hire traffic engineers to review each intersection and create plans to upgrade them. Construction will commence after each plan is finalized.
The roadways where intersections are being upgraded include Bloomfield Avenue traveling through Newark, Bloomfield and Glen Ridge, Ridgewood Avenue in Glen Ridge, Grove Street in East Orange, Newark and Irvington, Irvington Avenue in South Orange and Newark, and Clinton Avenue in Irvington. The breakdown of intersections in each municipality is as follows: There are 17 intersections in Newark, 13 intersections in Irvington, 10 intersections in East Orange, five intersections in Bloomfield, five intersections in Glen Ridge, two in South Orange, one in Maplewood and one that includes Newark and Belleville.
The intersections are as follows:
1. Bloomfield Avenue & Broadway / Bloomfield Place, Newark
2. Bloomfield Avenue & Park Avenue / Crittenden Street, Newark
3. Bloomfield Avenue & Summer Avenue, Newark
4. Bloomfield Avenue & Garside Street, Newark
5. Bloomfield Avenue & Mt. Prospect Avenue, Newark
6. Bloomfield Avenue & Clifton Street, Newark
7. Bloomfield Avenue & Parker Street, Newark
8. Bloomfield Avenue & Lake Street, Newark
9. Bloomfield Avenue & North 3rd Street, Newark
10. Bloomfield Avenue & 5th Street / 1st Avenue, Newark
11. Bloomfield Avenue & North 6th Street, Newark
12. Bloomfield Avenue & Roseville Avenue / North 8th Street, Newark
13. Bloomfield Avenue & Beardsley Avenue / North 11th Street, Newark
14. Bloomfield Avenue & North 12th Street, Newark
15. Bloomfield Avenue & Belmont Avenue / North 15th Street, Newark / Belleville
16. Bloomfield Avenue & Ampere Parkway, Bloomfield
17. Bloomfield Avenue & Watsessing Avenue, Bloomfield
18. Bloomfield Avenue & Ella Street, Bloomfield
19. Bloomfield Avenue & Ward Street, Bloomfield
20. Bloomfield Avenue & Liberty Street, Bloomfield
21. Bloomfield Avenue & Park Avenue / Hillside Avenue, Glen Ridge
22. Bloomfield Avenue & Highland Avenue, Glen Ridge
23. Ridgewood Avenue & Bloomfield Avenue, Glen Ridge
24. Ridgewood Avenue & Belleville Avenue, Glen Ridge
25. Ridgewood Avenue & Bay Avenue, Glen Ridge
26. North Grove Street & Hoffman Blvd., East Orange
27. North Grove Street & Rutledge Avenue, East Orange
28. North Grove Street & Springdale Avenue, East Orange
29. North Grove Street & 4th Avenue, East Orange
30. North Grove Street & Park Avenue, East Orange
31. North Grove Street & William Street, East Orange
32. Grove Street & Main Street / Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., East Orange
33. South Grove Street & Sussex Avenue, East Orange
34. South Grove Street & Winthrop Terrace, East Orange
35. South Grove Street & Central Avenue, East Orange
36. Grove Street & South Orange Avenue, Newark
37. Grove Street & 14th Avenue, Irvington
38. Grove Street & 15th Avenue, Irvington
39. Grove Street & 16th Avenue, Irvington
40. Grove Street & 18th Avenue, Irvington
41. Grove Street & Berkley Terrace, Irvington
42. Grove Street & Clinton Avenue, Irvington
43. Grove Street & Nye Avenue, Irvington
44. Irvington Avenue & Riggs Place / Tichenor Avenue, South Orange
45. Irvington Avenue & Ward Place, South Orange
46. Irvington Avenue & Boyden Avenue / Manor Drive, Newark
47. Irvington Avenue & Putnam Street / Norman Road, Newark
48. Irvington Avenue & Parker Avenue / Clinton Avenue, Maplewood
49. Clinton Avenue & Florence Avenue, Irvington
50. Clinton Avenue & Sanford Avenue, Irvington
51. Clinton Avenue & Stuyvesant Avenue, Irvington
52. Clinton Avenue & Civic Square, Irvington
53. Clinton Avenue & Orange Avenue, Irvington
54. Clinton Avenue & Cummings Street / New Street, Irvington
The NJTPA oversees regional transportation planning and annually authorizes more than $1 billion in federal surface transportation funding for 13 counties in northern and central New Jersey. The Executive Committee provides guidance and leadership to the full Board on a wide range of planning, policy and administrative issues. It meets as needed to review financial, personnel and policy matters. Board membership is an uncompensated position.
