TRENTON - New Jersey municipalities receive $78.75 million in state Department of Transportation grants to improve their roads and bridges, Gov. Jon S. Corzine announced Friday.
Repairing the state's infrastructure will be "central to both getting us out of the recession and positioning New Jersey to take advantage when the economy recovers," Corzine said in a released statement.
Local governments maintain about 70 percent of the 36,000 miles of roadway in New Jersey. These grants allow them to do repairs that property tax revenues might not be able to fund.
The DOT allocates grant funds to each county, based on population, road mileage and investigations of the work that needs to be done.
Awards include:
$160,000 for Fourth Street in Hammonton
It is great that we will finally see some work get started on Fourth Street. This road has been designed and put on the back shelf for over 5 years. With the $150,000 received last year, the town now has $310,000 to do this work. This should be enough to get the whole stretch from Bellevue to Fairview, even if we have to kick in some funding.
EVERYONE COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND THE SCHOOL'S NEW BOND. THE SCHOOL NEEDS THIS IMPORTANT SPENDING. THIS IS $13.6 MILLION OF YOUR MONEY TO HELP OUR SCHOOL. REMEMBER TO VOTE FOR THIS IMPORTANT SPENDING PACKAGE!!!!!!!
