Consultants examine tunnel link plan.New Jersey Transit The New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) is a statewide public transportation system serving the state of New Jersey, and Orange and Rockland counties in New York. It operates bus, light rail, and commuter rail services throughout the state, notably connecting to major , in partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, self-sustaining public corporation established in 1921 by the states of New York and New Jersey to administer the activities of the New York–New Jersey port area, which has a waterfront of c. , has awarded a contract to Transit Link Consultants, a joint venture of Parsons Bnnckerhoff (PB) and SYSTRA Consulting, to prepare a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Access to the Region's Core (ARC) study. The DEIS will involve engineering, environmental, economic and financial studies, as well as rail operations analysis for building a new commuter rail tunnel to link the new Secaucus Junction The Frank R. Lautenberg Secaucus Junction Station, known as Secaucus Transfer during planning stages, is a major rail hub in Secaucus, New Jersey. in New Jersey to Penn Station in Manhattan. Building on a major investment study previously prepared by PB, the intent of the project is to investigate near-term (by 2010) and long-term solutions for improved transit connections between New Jersey and Manhattan. All long-term range alternatives being studied (after 2010) include a new Hudson New Hudson may mean:
The DEIS phase, which will include a strong public outreach/scooping process, will be completed in June 2005. Parsons Brinckerhoff provides program management, planning, engineering and construction management services for transportation, power, buildings and environmental projects. SYSTRA provides rail and public transit consulting services from 50 offices around the globe, with a staff of over 1,300. |
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