NJ Transit will modify five stations on the northeast corridor line to improve accessibility for residents with disabilities as part of a settlement resolving a civil rights suit lodged by federal authorities, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced Tuesday.
Earlier this month, New Jersey officials commemorated the groundbreaking of a development and public infrastructure improvement project near Hoboken’s historic train station.
The state of New Jersey is using $814 million from the Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund to pay for rail station improvements across the state, including a $49 million investment at the historic New Brunswick Train Station on the Northeast Corridor.
A key New York board gave its initial authorization Wednesday to a plan for funding the Penn Station redevelopment proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul earlier this week.
Directors for the board of the New Jersey transit system are pushing $2.64 billion into the coming year’s capital investments, and $10.1 million into additional operational staffing.