Port Authority NY NJ & NJ Spotlight News - Tue November 21, 2023
Port Authority NY NJ Proposes $9.3B Budget for 2024 to Fund Several Major Projects
A $9.3 billion annual budget up for final consideration at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey calls for a big increase in capital investments after the agency reduced such spending in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
Amtrak - Tue November 21, 2023
Amtrak Launches Procurement for Sawtooth Bridges Replacement Project
Amtrak, in coordination with NJ TRANSIT, has begun the procurement process for the Sawtooth Bridges Replacement Project. Replacement of the Sawtooth Bridges is a key component of the Gateway Program to preserve and expand the busiest section of the Northeast Corridor (NEC)....
CEG - Thu October 19, 2023
Komatsu Northeast Holds Lehnhoff Demo Days Event
On Wednesday, October 4, and Thursday, October 5, Montabert USA hosted two Demo Days events Oct. 4 and 5, 2023, in Hatfield, Pa., and South Plainfield, N.J., respectively. Over the two days, 25 construction, demolition, and excavating contractors came together with factory representatives and dealers to view Montabert and Lehnhoff attachments and couplers in action....
NorthJersey.com - Thu October 12, 2023
VIDEO: New Jersey Wants a Nearly $11B Turnpike Widening From Newark to Jersey City
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) wants to proceed with part of a massive and controversial highway widening project in Hudson County that it said will reduce congestion, improve safety and support growth expected in the region....
NJ.com - Mon October 09, 2023
Construction of New Jersey's First Ocean Wind Project Gets Going Onshore
Onshore construction for New Jersey's first offshore wind farm kicked off in Lacey Township on Oct. 2, with work slated to continue at Island Beach State Park through next year. The next steps include work to ultimately install copper and aluminum cables meant to connect with the electric grid at substations located at former power plants in Ocean and Cape May counties....
CEG - Thu October 05, 2023
UTCA Holds Annual Convention in Atlantic City, N.J.
The Utility & Transportation Contractors Association of New Jersey (UTCA) held its annual convention at the Tropicana Casino Resort Sept. 28-30, 2023, in Atlantic City, N.J. At the convention's trade show exhibit, more than 100 exhibitors kept attendees busy touting their equipment offering and services....
NorthJersey.com & NJDEP - Thu September 28, 2023
VIDEO: Flood-Protection Plans Worth $298M Go to Hoboken, N.J., Meadowlands Towns
Longtime northern New Jersey residents will likely never forget Superstorm Sandy's brutal impact in the fall of 2012. Now, new projects in the Meadowlands and Hoboken areas aim to reduce the chances of any future storms causing so much flooding in the region....
Atlantic Health System - Wed August 02, 2023
Crews Work to Finish Building New Jersey's $26M Morristown Medical Center ED in 2024
A $26 million long-term expansion and modernization construction project of Atlantic Health System's (AHS) Morristown Medical Center Sameth Emergency Department in New Jersey is progressing as planned with an expected completion in 2024, according to an update from the health system on July 27....
Delaware River & Bay Authority - Wed August 02, 2023
New $93M Collision Protection System Being Built On I-295 Bridges Over Delaware River
Construction on the new Delaware Memorial Bridge Protection System is under way, a $93 million effort designed to limit damage to each of the two spans' tower structures as a result of strikes from large, wayward ships and vessels....
Nj Transit - Tue July 25, 2023
Phase 2 Begins On NJ Transit's Plans to Create Secaucus to Meadowlands Connection
NJ Transit, headquartered in Newark, is advancing plans to build an environmentally friendly transit service between its Secaucus Junction Station and the Meadowlands Sports and Entertainment Complex 7 mi....
