Public Comment Period Ended

Public Comment Period on the Proposed Demolition of Hoboken (Lackawanna) Records Building ended on April 20, 2020 at 12 PM.

Online Public Meeting on the proposed demolition of the Lackawanna Records Building was held on Thursday, April 16, 2020 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM ET. In compliance with multiple Executive Orders from Governor Murphy resulting from the COVID-19 Pandemic, this public meeting will be presented virtually in an online format. Click here for more information.

An update by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) – the lead agency supporting the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process – to its Permitting Dashboard for federal projects to anticipate the issuance of a Record of Decision (ROD) or combined Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) / ROD by April 15, 2020. To read more, please click here.

NJ TRANSIT has secured the final environmental permits required to begin work on the Delco Lead Storage and Inspection Facility and County Yard Improvement Project as the Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission granted its approval. The D&R Canal approval is the last major environmental permit necessary for construction to begin on the secure storage facility that will be capable of storing 400 or more rail cars. To read the full...

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for NJ TRANSIT’s Raritan River Bride Replacement Project. The FONSI, issued on October 13, 2017, followed FTA’s review of the June 2017 Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation for the project, which was prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of the U.S. DOT. A FONSI is issued when a...

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ TRANSIT) prepared an Evaluation and Appendices or the Raritan River Bridge Replacement which was made available for review on June 14, 2017. A public comment period on the EA/Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation ran from June 14, 2017 to July 14, 2017. (The document can be viewed here with its appendices here.) The document was prepared in accordance the National...