Regular construction updates and quality of life projects in the City of Hoboken.
The City and South Waterfront Corporation are partnering to enhance mobility and improve pedestrian and bicycle safety by upgrading the bikeway along the waterfront walkway from Pier A to Pier C. Proposed improvements include:
Construction began in September 2022, and is anticipated to be completed in December 2022. Certain areas of the waterfront bikeway will be unavailable to the community during construction, these areas will be secured for public safety. The City is dedicated to ensuring public health and safety during construction, and the project includes measures addressing health and safety that the Contractor must abide to, including measures to minimize noise, dust, and odor. The project will follow an approved soil erosion and sediment control plan.
The contractor will undertake the following activities from Monday, November 28, 2022, through Friday, December 2, 2022, between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. with equipment set up beginning at 7 a.m., subject to weather conditions:
Traffic Management
The south waterfront improvements are funded by the South Waterfront Corporation, with no funding from the municipal budget. More information about the South Waterfront Improvements is available at https://www.hobokennj.gov/resources/south-waterfront-improvements.
The City will be upgrading the synthetic turf and lighting at the multi-purpose field at 1600 Park. The field will be closed beginning on or around Monday, November 28, 2022 through the month of December, weather permitting. Construction will occur between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. in compliance with the City’s noise ordinance.
In September 2022, Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla and the City of Hoboken unveiled the final concept design for the expanded Southwest Resiliency Park that will serve the dual purpose of providing recreation space and flood mitigation. The expansion doubles the size of the existing one-acre Southwest Resiliency Park at 58 Jackson Street, and will include six pickleball courts, a centrally located shaded plaza with tables and seating, a playground for children, a full basketball court, restroom facilities, and rain garden plantings. The expanded Southwest Resiliency Park will more than double the stormwater detention capacity in the existing park, withholding a total of 460,000 gallons of stormwater to mitigate area flooding during heavy rain events through above and below-ground infrastructure.
Southwest Park Expansion (formerly known as Block 10) will be closed on Monday, December 5, 2022, and Tuesday, December 6, 2022, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., weather permitting, for a geotechnical investigation required to complete the engineering design. The park will be restored to its preconstruction condition following the investigation
The following construction activities and traffic management are anticipated this week starting on Monday, November 28, 2022, to Friday, December 2, 2022, between the hours of 8:00am and 6:00pm as part of the City of Hoboken’s 2021 Various Streets Resurfacing Project.
Work Activities
Traffic Management
The City is upgrading the safety surface at Jackson Street Park with new poured-in-place rubber. The park will be closed Tuesday, November 1, 2022 through Sunday, November 6, 2022 for removal of the existing surface, pouring and setting of the new surface; weather permitting.
PAVING PROGRAM
The following construction activities and traffic management are anticipated this week starting on Monday, November 28, 2022, to Friday, December 22022, between the hours of 7:00 am and 6:00 pm as part of Hudson County Paving 2020 Program by its contractor Smith Sondy.
Work Activities
TRAFFIC SIGNAL
The following construction activities and traffic management are anticipated this week starting on Monday, November 28, 2022, to Friday, December 2, 2022, between the hours of 8:00 am and 6:00 pm as part of Package Y (Traffic Signal Upgrades and Pedestrian Safety Improvements at 14th Street and Hudson Street) by its contractor Zuccaro.
Work Activities
Construction continues on the 5-acre Northwest Resiliency Park, which will be New Jersey’s largest resiliency park. The park will have above and below ground infrastructure to withhold up to 2 million gallons of rainwater to help mitigate local flooding.
The contractor will undertake the following activities from Monday, November 28, 2022, through Friday, December 2, 2022, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., subject to weather conditions:
The City uses a combination of low interest and interest-free loans, principal forgiveness for the resiliency features, and grant money to save over $19 million over the life of the project. The Northwest Resiliency Park also utilizes the Open Space Trust Fund to pay for the construction costs of the Northwest Park, and is not utilizing any funding from the 2022 municipal budget.
More information about the Northwest Resiliency Park construction is available at www.hobokennj.gov/nwpark
The Hoboken Water Utility and Veolia will be installing pressure monitoring devices at 15 locations throughout the distribution system during the week of December 5.
To see if Violia is working in your area and if your service may be affected, please check https://mywater.veolia.us/water-in-my-area/water-alerts-map/New%2520Jersey.
Lyft has installed 28 of 29 Citi Bike docking stations that are active in Hoboken.
On Friday, Dec. 2, Lyft will reinstall Citi Bike docking stations at Eighth Street & Washington Street and Clinton Street & Ninth Street.
For more information on the citywide installation progress check here.
Use Hoboken 311, email bikeshare@hobokennj.gov, or contact Citi Bike directly at 1-855-BIKE-311 to report any issues with Citi Bike in Hoboken.
