Delco Lead Environmental Assessment Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation is Available for Public Review

Posted on Dec 10, 2015

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ TRANSIT) have prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation for the Delco Lead Train Safe Haven Service and Inspection Facility. The project includes construction of a service and inspection facility and storage tracks for ten 12-car trains in County Yard, an existing railroad property adjacent to the Northeast Corridor in New Brunswick, NJ. It also includes improvements to the Delco Lead, which is adjacent to both the County Yard property and the Northeast Corridor between New Brunswick and North Brunswick Township, for storage of NJ TRANSIT equipment during severe weather events.

The EA/Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation is now available on the project’s website and at the following viewing locations:

NJ TRANSIT Headquarters
One Penn Plaza East
Newark, NJ 07105

Federal Transit Administration
Region 2 Office
One Bowling Green, Room 429
New York, NY 10004-1415

The official comment period for this EA/Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation is extends until January 29, 2016, 5 p.m. Comments may be submitted in the following ways:

NJ TRANSIT Resilience Program
Capital Planning & Programs Department
One Penn Plaza East, 8th Floor
Newark, NJ 07105