Funds Will Support Safety, Infrastructure, and Quality-of-life Improvements

TRENTON – The Murphy Administration today announced Local Aid grants totaling $3 million to help 13 municipalities advance Transit Village, Safe Streets to Transit, and Bikeway projects that will improve the quality of life for New Jersey residents without burdening local property tax payers.

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — The Cotton Mill Bridge over the Great Egg Harbor River will close this spring for the next two years.

Demolition work on the over 115-year-old metal swing bridge began last week and is scheduled to continue into the new year, according county officials.

The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced hundreds of improvement projects, including preservation of Asbury Avenue. The grant to Ocean City will total $185,000.

The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced hundreds of municipal-aid grants for the 2020 fiscal year. One of them will include reconstructing Fort De France Avenue in Berkeley.

Members of the New Jersey 18th Legislative District, Senator Patrick Diegnan (D-South Plainfield), Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin (D-East Brunswick), and Assemblyman Robert Karabinchak (D-Edison) announced $3,815,000 in Municipal Aid grants from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) as part of their second round of funding on Wednesday, November 27th.

Governor Phil Murphy announced Tuesday that 96 percent of New Jersey municipalities will receive Municipal Aid grant awards, totaling $161.25 million for fiscal year 2020, of which Plainfield will be awarded $531,748.

Gov. Phil Murphy yesterday announced the state’s fiscal year 2020 municipal aid grant awards, with just over $161 million awarded to 542 towns, or 96% of the state’s municipalities.

Cherry Hill will receive a $240,000 grant from the state for road improvements.