NJDOT Commissioner Lettiere
Addresses Local Transportation Issues
at District 12 Meeting
NJDOT Local Aid and Capital Program
Projects within District 12 municipalities
at center of Meeting
(MANALAPAN) State
Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere
attended a 12 th District Meeting at
the Manalapan Municipal Building hosted
by Senator Ellen Karcher and Assemblyman
Michael J. Panter, as well as Chairman
of the Assembly Transportation Committee
John Wisniewski, to discuss local transportation
issues. Attending were officials from
Manalapan, Freehold Borough, Freehold
Township, Colts Neck, Hightstown, Marlboro,
Matawan, Millstone, Shrewsbury Borough,
Shrewsbury Township, and Tinton Falls.
Mayor Beth Ward of Manalapan
presided over the meeting. (See
Photo)
Local elected officials
were invited to attend the April 28
th meeting and to address the Commissioner
directly about transportation needs
in the area, as well as for the entire
state. District 12 has in recent
years has experienced high growth rates
and Commissioner Lettiere noted the
importance for all the municipalities
to work together with the DOT to ensure
safety, reduce congestion, and improve
the quality of life for local residents.
The NJDOT currently has
over 60 Local Aid projects in the works,
or up for award, in the 12 th District.
NJDOT's Local Aid program provides
significant property tax relief to New
Jersey counties and municipalities by
making direct investments in local communities.
The majority of these projects
are funded through Municipal Aid grants,
but also include projects funded through
Discretionary Aid and Centers of Place,
as well as Bikeway and Pedestrian Safety.
The DOT has the following
projects under agreement from the Local
Aid grants of 2004:
•
Dutch Neck Road (East Windsor Twsp.)
•
Water Street (Englishtown)
•
Wyckoff's Mill Road (Hightstown)
•
Hance Road (Fair Haven)
•
West Main Street (Freehold Boro)
•
White Road (Little Silver)
•
Church Lane (Manalapan)
•
Robertsville Road (Marlboro)
•
Millstone Road Reconstruction (Millstone)
•
Burnt Mill Circle (Oceanport)
•
Oakland Street (Red Bank)
•
Frances Street (Shrewsbury Boro)
•
Belshaw Avenue (Shrewsbury Twsp.)
•
Wardell Road Phase 1 (Tinton Falls)
The DOT is making significant
investments in District 12, to be funded
by the Fiscal year 2005 Capital Program,
which was recently unveiled before the
Assembly Budget Committee by Commissioner
Lettiere. The FY 2005 capital
program fulfills Governor McGreevey's
commitment to improving safety, easing
congestion by using smart growth and
fix-it-first strategies, and providing
needed property tax relief to New Jersey's
counties and municipalities.
The DOT has the following
projects proposed in District 12 under
the Fiscal Year 2005 Transportation
Capital Program:
•
Freehold Roadway Improvements (Freehold
Boro)
•
Robertsville Road Intersection Improvements
(Marlboro Twsp.)
•
Halls Mill Road/Kozloski Road (Freehold
Twsp.)
•
Schanck Road/Rt. 79/Willowbrook Road
(Freehold Twsp.)
•
Halls Mill Road (Freehold Twsp.)
•
CR 524/Jackson Mills Road (Freehold
Twsp.)
•
Route 130 Bridge Deck Replacement (East
Windsor Twsp.)
The FY 2005 capital program
allows NJDOT to repair and rehabilitate
over 15,000 lane miles of state highway,
32,000 miles of county and municipal
roadways, 5,000 state and local bridges.
This robust program will also
put record amounts of work on the street.
In FY 2005 alone, NJDOT will
award more than $740 million worth of
engineering and construction contracts.
Improving safety is the
NJDOT's top priority and roughly $100
million will be spent on engineering,
education and enforcement initiatives
designed to increase safety on our highways
and bridges.
The FY 2005 capital program
is a fiscally responsible, yet robust
investment in New Jersey's transportation
network, said Commissioner Jack Lettiere.
Through this FY 2005 Capital
Program, as well as our Local Aid program
grants, we will help rebuild and revitalize
communities, improve safety, and enhance
the quality of life in the municipalities
of District 12 and of all of New Jersey.
The entire Proposed
Fiscal Year 2005 Capital Program
is available on NJDOT's web site and
is broken down by projects, counties
and routes.
