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Posted 12 January 2017 - 10:08 AM

 

 

Englewood looks to light rail as boost to struggling downtown

ENGLEWOOD -- With a push to finally get the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail rolling into Bergen County, locals and officials say the plan would be a boom for the city.

This past fall, legislators gathered in Hackensack to promote a plan to advance the long-stalled Bergen route in the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, thanks to dedicated funding from the 23 cent gas tax.

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Posted 29 January 2017 - 08:03 AM

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Town that derailed Bergen light rail plans reflects on decision to fight

 

 

In 2009, then Governor Jon Corzine told a crowd in Ridgefield that the project to extend light rail service into Bergen County would break ground in two years.

 

 

Despite a recent push to extend the light rail into Bergen, the service is still confined to Hudson County more than seven years after Corzine's promise, thanks in large part to one North Jersey municipality who fiercely opposed the project - Tenafly.

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Posted 29 January 2017 - 09:26 AM

 

 

Town that derailed Bergen light rail plans reflects on decision to fight

 

TENAFLY -- In 2009, then Governor Jon Corzine told a crowd in Ridgefield that the project to extend light rail service into Bergen County would break ground in two years.

http://www.nj.com/be...n_to_fight.html



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Posted 10 March 2017 - 12:27 PM

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Public hearings set to start on long-promised Bergen Light Rail

 

NJ Transit is one step closer to honoring the 17-year old promise to extend Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to Bergen County after federal officials approved a study that will allow public hearings to be held.

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Posted 17 March 2017 - 03:12 PM

 

 

Would Trump's budget kill long-awaited light rail plans?

 

Plans to extend NJ Transit light rail to Bergen County and to the Hackensack River waterfront in Jersey City maybe in jeopardy under President Donald Trump's proposed budget, experts said.

http://www.nj.com/be...rail_plans.html



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Posted 21 March 2017 - 05:15 PM

Englewood, NJ Daily Voice, 3/20/17:

 


 

Feds Approve 'Guiding Blueprint' For Englewood Light Rail Line Extension

 

The proposed extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line to Englewood Hospital has cleared another hurdle, and the next step is a public hearing on Monday, April 24.

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Posted 22 March 2017 - 09:43 AM

 

 

Road Warrior: A tiny step forward for Bergen light rail

 

Like an old winch, the creaky wheel of big government ratcheted up another half-notch last week to bring Bergen County closer to linking with the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system that has always borne its name but never included its real estate.

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Posted 24 April 2017 - 08:31 PM

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Residents bring concerns about traffic, cost to light rail extension hearing

 

While most in the standing-room only crowd, when finally given the chance to speak, expressed their support of extending the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail north into Bergen County, they also expressed concerns about traffic, accessibility and the billion dollar cost of the project.

 

 

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Posted 24 April 2017 - 08:38 PM

Bergen Record, Hackensack, NJ, 4/24/17:

 


Officials weigh in on light rail at Englewood hearing

 

More than 100 residents and elected officials spoke out on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Extension Monday at a public hearing on the latest report on the project.

 

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Posted 25 April 2017 - 08:24 AM

NJT news release:

NJ TRANSIT HOLDS PUBLIC HEARINGS ON HBLR's NORTHERN BRANCH
Northern Branch expansion will bring light rail into Bergen County

 

April 24, 2017

ENGLEWOOD, NJ
— NJ TRANSIT today continued to advance the expansion of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system into Bergen County by holding two public hearings as part of the environmental review process.

 

The hearings, held at the Englewood Crowne Plaza, are part of a 60-day public comment period on the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS).   The Northern Branch SDEIS documents the social, economic, and environmental impacts associated with the construction of the proposed action.

 

This comment period began on March 24, 2017, when the SDEIS was published, and runs through May 23, 2017.  During this time, members of the public are invited to review the SDEIS document and submit their comments in writing or by attending one of the public hearings.  Today’s public hearings included a formal presentation, an open house with information and displays as well as the ability for members of the public to submit oral or written comments.

 

At the conclusion of the public comment period, NJ TRANSIT will collect and review all of the comments. Provided that the SDEIS comments do not present compelling arguments for substantial revision, a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) will be prepared for review by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).  The culmination of the process is that the FTA will issue a Record of Decision (ROD) approving the project to advance to engineering.  Once the ROD is issued and funding is identified, the project could then advance to final engineering, as well as the negotiation of an agreement with the freight railroads (CSX and NYS&W), and into construction.

 

About Northern Branch project

 

The Northern Branch project will extend the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system by 10 miles and include seven new station stops in five municipalities.  The electric light rail service would operate on West Side Avenue in North Bergen, and then on existing railroad right-of-way owned by CSX Transportation (CSX) between 91st Street in North Bergen and the northern border of Englewood and would introduce new station stops in North Bergen, Ridgefield, Palisades Park, Leonia, and Englewood. 

 

The extension is projected to add 12,370 customers to the system making 24,740 trips on an average weekday.  The existing Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system transports approximately 26-thousand customers making 52-thousand trips on an average weekday (FY16).

 






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