Project Information

BACKGROUND

Hudson County and the City of Hoboken, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are committed to improving mobility, reducing congestion, and improving air quality through improvements to transportation infrastructure. Activities have been initiated to upgrade traffic signal operations along John F. Kennedy Boulevard in the City of Jersey City from St. Paul's Avenue to Armstrong Avenue and at select intersections in the southwest section of the City of Hoboken along Paterson Avenue, Newark Avenue, and Observer Highway via an advanced traffic signal management system. The upgraded operations will improve vehicle flow along these corridors which will reduce delay and improve efficiency on both the major and minor street approaches.  The upgraded operations will improve multi-modal safety and traffic flow along these corridors which will reduce delay and improve efficiency. The interconnected systems will provide greater flexibility during dynamic traffic conditions through the use of Controlled Traffic Signal Systems (CTSS) technology.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Hudson County and the City of Hoboken received a federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) funding to deploy an advanced traffic signal system for the John F. Kennedy Boulevard corridor in the City of Jersey City from St. Paul's Avenue to Armstrong Avenue and at select intersections in the southwest section of the City of Hoboken along Paterson Avenue, Newark Avenue, and Observer Highway

The project includes 60 signalized intersections (46 in Jersey City and 14 in Hoboken). Initial planning and design work commenced in September 2023, with conceptual level design anticipated for completion in March 2024.

Proposed improvements include:

• Upgraded traffic signal controllers

• New vehicle detection technology with the ability to to automatically adjust signal timing based on real-time traffic conditions when needed

• Installation of wireless cellular communications between the traffic signals and Hudson County Engineering's office.

• Advanced traffic signal system technology software for remote monitoring and control of traffic signal timing. 

Hudson County and the City of Hoboken are currently working with Michael Baker International, Inc. to advance the conceptual design of the traffic signal improvements.

ANTICIPATED PROJECT SCHEDULE

• Stakeholder Meeting December 2023

• Public Information Center (PIC) March 2024

• Complete Concept Design March 2024

• Environmental Document Approval Q1-Q2 2024

• Begin Final Design Q3 2025

• Federal Authorization to Construct Q1 2025

• Begin Construction Q1 2026

• Construction Substantially Completed Q4 2026

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