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NEW JERSEY NEWS
Here's how Passaic County will use a $15 million grant to fix Valley Road in Wayne
"A group of transportation planners on Monday awarded a $15 million grant to Passaic County to fund safety improvements along Valley Road”
NJTPA approved 19 projects as part of $188.3 million Highway Safety Improvement Program package. Valley Road, a county road in Wayne, will receive $15 million to address recent pedestrian deaths throughout the 3.2-mile corridor. The improvements will focus on the routes intersections but also includes a road diet, converting the four lanes to one in each direction with a two way left turn lane in the center. Improvements include bicycle lanes and sidewalks, backplates with retroreflective borders and the replacement of six traffic signals to allow for protected left turns.
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National News
A $70 billion plan for transportation in the Baltimore region
“Resilience 2050 anticipates nearly $70 billion in funding and allocates an unprecedented $11.3 billion for transit projects, including more than $1.8 billion to develop a major east-west transit corridor between Johns Hopkins Bayview and Ellicott City.”
The Baltimore Regional Transportation Board (BRTB) is sharing the latest long-range transportation plan, Resilience 2050: Adapting to the Challenges of Tomorrow. Goals of the plan include improving accessibility and mobility, improving safety and promoting prosperity and economic opportunity. This plan details proposed projects and investments in the region’s transportation system, anticipating $70 billion in funding, and allocates an unprecedented $11.3 billion for transit projects. Highway projects, which also include bike and pedestrian infrastructure improvements, make up the other $11.1 billion in project funding.Archive