They’re going to add Bergen to Hudson-Bergen Light Rail.
NJ Transit continues advancing an extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail into Bergen County by issuing a Request For Proposals to hire a contractor to prepare the Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
The proposed 10-mile extension would provide light rail service from the current terminus at Tonnelle Ave. in North Bergen to a terminal currently anticipated at Englewood Hospital.
The Northern Branch project, as currently proposed, will add seven new stations in five municipalities. The electric light rail service would operate on West Side Avenue in North Bergen, then on the existing CSX Transportation railroad right-of-way between 91st Street in North Bergen and the northern border of Englewood, and would introduce new station stops in North Bergen, Ridgefield, Palisades Park, Leonia, and Englewood.
In 2023, the Federal Transit Administration rescinded its Notice of Intent to consider NJ Transit’s previously submitted environmental impact statement, citing changes in environmental conditions, such as floodplains, stormwater management, and air quality, that have occurred since 2007.
NJ Transit determined that the scope of work required to update the environmental impact statement would require a new contract. At that time, work began to assess and prepare the requirements included in the current RFP.
