New Jersey Transit will receive $1.27 billion from the Federal Transit Administration for five projects designed to help NJT recover from damage caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, in part by being more prepared for future events.
New Jersey Transit’s Board of Directors on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, approved a $54 million contract to add center sections to NJT’s existing light rail transit fleets serving two LRT lines, in order to bolster passenger capacity.
The Department of Transportation has awarded a combined $235 million in federal grants to repair damage from Superstorm Sandy inflicted on New Jersey Transit and Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) rail systems in late October 2012.
Support for actually extending Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) into Bergen County, N.J., simmering for more than a decade, appears to be ratcheting up, coincidentally as New Jersey Transit’s new executive director, Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim, takes charge.
Two more top New Jersey Transit executives have been reported on the way out following the start March 1, 2014 of Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim’s tenure as NJT Executive Director, succeeding Jim Weinstein.