The newest extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line is expected to serve 8,000 new residential units along the Hackensack River.
"Gov. Phil Murphy and other officials announced the start of construction of the first Hudson-Bergen Light rail extension since the line was extended to the end of Bayonne in 2008," reports Larry Higgs.
The press event "signaled the start of construction of the '440 connection' from the current end of one of Hudson-Bergen Light Rail West Side Avenue branch, across Route 440 to a new 8,000 unit 'Bayfront' residential development to be built on land owned by Jersey City and Honeywell, located on the Hackensack River," adds Higgs.
Planning of the light rail extension dates back to 2009, but the project is still surrounded by controversy regarding the proposed "TransitGrid" gas-powered electricity generating plant that would power part of the New Jersey Transit rail system in the event of power failure. Opponents of that project, concerned about air pollution created by the facility, interrupted the press event for the beginning of construction on the light rail extension.
More details on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail extension are available in a November 2019 article written by Ron Zeitlinger.
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