Bayfront, Jersey City Explained

Bayfront is an urban redevelopment project in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Hackensack Riverfront

The Hackensack Riverfront is an area on the eastern banks of the Hackensack River near its mouth at Newark Bay. It is on the West Side of the city, specifically west of NJ Route 440.[1] It lies north of Droyer's Point and south of Lincoln Park. It is home to the Hudson Mall,[2] Four Hundred Forty Shopping Center and the former Jersey City Public Works incinerator[3] as well as the planned site. Kearny Point and the piers of the former Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, now River Terminal, are on the opposite bank.[4] The Hackensack RiverWalk is a partially complete greenway promenade intended to run from the Bayonne Bridge to the Hackensack Meadowlands in North Bergen, mostly at the water's edge.[5]

Bayfront project

Bayfront is a proposed mixed-use development to be situated on a 100acres brownfield site and developed though a public-private partnership once environmental remediation of toxic waste is completed by Honeywell, which purchased a company that once operated facilities there.[6] [7] [8] [9] Though separated by the highway, Bayfront and the West Campus of New Jersey City University (NJCU) were intended to transform large parts of the city from industrial and manufacturing zones into residential, educational, recreational and commercial zones. Development plans are required to incorporate public access to the river's edge along the bulkhead and will connect to the esplanade at Droyer's Point. While construction was expected to begin in 2016, chromium and other waste reclamation was still being completed as of 2017. The project won't be completely "built out" until 2043, however.[10] [11] Under the 2008 agreement, the city turned over 35acres of municipal land to Honeywell, which agreed to cover the cost of the environmental cleanup. That land along Route 440 is home to the Jersey City Incinerator Authority (JCIA), the Department of Public Works (DPW), and the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority (JCIA). JCIA and the DPW will relocate to a new location on Linden Avenue. Some JCMUA functions will also be relocated and downsized. Remediation work was completed in 2009 of several other formerly contaminated sites, including the sites of the old Roosevelt Drive-in and the new NJCU West Campus.[12] The city will purchase the property and apportion the land, lay out infrastructure, and resell parcels to developers.[13] [14]

In July 2022, approval for the construction of the first building in the project was given,[15] with construction expected start in 2023.[16]

Boulevard and BRT

In March 2011, NJDOT granted nearly $640,000 for engineering work to transform Route 440, between the two projects and beyond to an urban boulevard.[17] [18] [19] [20]

Plans include the use of the Journal Square BRT, a bus rapid system along the boulevard. As envisioned, the BRT corridor would run from Droyer's Point and reach Journal Square via Sip Avenue.[21]

HBLR extension

Currently bus service is provided by A&C Bus Corporation route 32 from the shopping centers or Droyer's Point to Journal Square. In May 2011 after two years of studies, New Jersey Transit announced a plan for 0.7 mile extension of the West Side Branch of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail from its current terminus. The new track would be laid along the former Newark and New York Railroad right-of-way on an elevated viaduct from the West Side Avenue Station over Route 440 to the northern end of the redevelopment area, where a new station would be constructed. The trip between the two stations would take 1 minute and 50 seconds. The project, eligible for federal funding, is estimated to cost $171.6 million.[22] [23] [24] [25] As of March 2017, funding for final design and engineering work was appropriated.[26] Construction of the first phase of the extension commenced in March 2020.[27] [28]

Ferry study

Bayfront is considered potential site of ferry service along the Hackensack. Studies will be commissioned in 2020.[29] [30]

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: destinationjerseycity.com. www.destinationjerseycity.com.
  2. Web site: Hudson Mall. https://web.archive.org/web/20071103043135/http://www.preit.com/leasing/detail/property_overview/14. dead. November 3, 2007.
  3. News: Jersey City council approves $67 million bond for new public works complex . Melissa . Hayes . The Jersey Journal . June 23, 2010 . 2011-12-07.
  4. Web site: River Terminal Development – industrial, flex and office development properties New Jersey, Pennsylvania and California. Commercial industrial development New Jersey, Pennsylvania and California.
  5. Web site: destinationjerseycity.com. www.destinationjerseycity.com.
  6. News: Finding the Bottom of a Polluted Field . The New York Times . 5 February 2006 . Depalma . Anthony .
  7. Web site: bayfrontjerseycity.com. ww5.bayfrontjerseycity.com.
  8. Web site: NJLM Bayfront . 2010-02-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100701033718/http://www.njslom.org/magart_0209_pg4.html . 2010-07-01 . dead .
  9. Web site: The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency The Jersey City Redevelopment Agency. thejcra.org.
  10. Jersey City has big plans for 100 acres on West Side along Hackensack River, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Terrence T. McDonald The Jersey Journal
  11. Web site: Massive Jersey City redevelopment plan takes first step forward. 2012-05-22.
  12. Web site: Hudson Reporter - Honeywell begins next round of chromium cleanup on West Side Environmental work will culminate in Bayfront groundbreaking new waterfront development . 2013-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222935/http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/23063017/article-Honeywell-begins-next-round-of-chromium-cleanup-on-West-Side-Environmental-work-will-culminate-in-Bayfront-groundbreaking--new-waterfront-development-?instance=secondary_stories_left_column . 2013-10-04 . dead .
  13. Web site: $170M plan for new Jersey City development up for final vote. 2018-10-10.
  14. Web site: Jersey City Approves $170 Million Bond for 8,000 Unit Bayfront Project. 15 October 2018.
  15. Web site: First building in Jersey City Bayfront project approved . 21 July 2022 .
  16. Web site: Jersey City's first Bayfront building to break ground in 2023 after unanimous planning board vote . 12 October 2022 .
  17. Jacobs . Route 440/Routes 1&9 Multi-Use Urban Boulevard and Through Truck Diversion Concept Development Study . Jersey City Department of Housing, Economic Development and Commerce . March 9, 2010 . May 16, 2011 . March 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324041756/http://www.440study.com/PDF%20Documents/PIC%20Mtg%20No%201%2003-09-10.pdf . dead .
  18. www.440study.com . Scope of Work . May 16, 2011 . March 24, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324041834/http://www.440study.com/PDF%20Documents/Consultant%20Scope%20of%20Work.pdf . dead .
  19. Web site: Route 440/Route 1&9T Multi-Usw Urban Boulevard and Through Truck Diversion Concept . . 2011-08-23 . 2011-08-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111009101318/http://apps.njtpa.org/consultant/Consultant/Files/JC%20Route%20440.pdf . 2011-10-09 .
  20. Route 440/1&9, Boulevard through Jersey City . FY 2020 Study and Development Program . North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority . 2019 . This project intends to allow Rt. 440/Rt. 1&9 to function as a principal arterial and as a neighborhood main street. The project will improve connections between the local street network and address safety concerns for pedestrians and bicyclists. Part of the plan is the creation of an urban boulevard along Rt. 440/1&9 in order to separate local and express traffic. Light rail expansion and other aesthetic improvements will be included in the study. The federal SAFETEA-LU legislation provided a special appropriation for concept development designs. A boulevard on Rt. 440 and Rt. 1&9 through Jersey City is planned. The following special federal appropriations were allocated to this project: FY05 SAFETEA LU/HPP $1,800,000. Bill lines #350 and #3567, (ID# NJ 130 and ID# NJ 243). CD Study completion anticipated in 2016, future phases not funded. Jersey City is Lead Agency..
  21. Journal Square 2060 Redevelopment Plan . Jersey City Division of Planning . July 14, 2010 . 2014-05-16.
  22. Web site: Whiten . John . Light Rail Extension to Jersey City's West Side Gets Push Forward from NJ Transit . Jersey City Independent . May 11, 2011 . 2011-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006142157/http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2011/05/11/light-rail-extension-to-jersey-citys-west-side-gets-push-forward-from-nj-transit/ . October 6, 2011 . dead .
  23. NJ Transit Approves Study of Light Rail Extension . New Jersey Transit . September 16, 2010 . NJT newsletter 09/16/2009 . 2011-04-30.
  24. Web site: Whiten . Jon . West Side Light Rail Extension Project Picks Up Some Federal Funding . www.jerseycityindependent.com . August 23, 2010 . 2011-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110712125400/http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2010/08/23/west-side-light-rail-extension-project-picks-up-some-federal-funding/ . July 12, 2011 . dead .
  25. Web site: Rail News - NJ Transit's board advances light-rail extension, awards transit center contract. For Railroad Career Professionals. Progressive Railroading.
  26. Web site: FY17 Supplemental Appropriation List . NJ Transit . March 27, 2017 . 16 April 2017.
  27. Web site: Journal. Ron Zeitlinger The Jersey. 2019-11-19. Hudson light rail western extension project moving forward, Jersey City mayor says. 2020-10-26. nj. en.
  28. News: Higgs . Larry . New NJ Transit light rail will serve developments along N.J. waterfronts . 4 March 2020 . nj.com . 3 March 2020.
  29. Web site: Journal. Ron Zeitlinger The Jersey. 2019-12-08. Ferry service on the Hackensack, Passaic rivers? Hudson County exploring possibility. 2020-10-26. nj. en.
  30. Web site: Hudson County Ferry Service Expansion Study NJTPA North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. 2020-10-26. www.njtpa.org.

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