Route 80 Project Scheduled for Large Amount of State Funding

A project to repair Route 80 in Parsippany is scheduled to receive a large portion of state funding, according to a press release from the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

The Christie Administration announced Friday that $36 million is earmarked for resurfacing and bridge deck repairs on the highway in Parsippany. The funding is part of the proposed $3.5 billion Fiscal Year 2012 Transportation Capital Program. The program has been submitted to the New Jersey Legislature for review.

Ten other capital projects in Morris County are scheduled to receive funding, with a total of nearly $58 million going to the county, according to the release. More than half of that will go to the Parsippany project.

The program represents the first year of a five-year transportation capital plan that Governor Chris Christie announced in January.

“New Jersey’s transportation system helps drive our economy,” Christie stated in the release. “The projects being funded in the FY 12 capital program reflect our focus on maintaining road, bridge and transit assets in a state of good repair and will benefit residents in every county throughout the state.”

The Morris County projects include:

• $36 million for resurfacing and bridge deck repairs on Route 80 in Parsippany.
• $2.5 million to advance a major rehabilitation project of the Route 23 bridge over the Pequannock River and Hamburg Turnpike in Kinnelon (Morris County) and West Milford (Passaic County).
• $5.8 million to advance the project to replace Union Schoolhouse Road bridge over the North Branch of the Raritan River in Mendham.
• $3.4 million to advance the pavement rehabilitation of Route 46 east of Forest Road to west of Flanders Road in Mount Olive and Netcong.
• $2.8 million to advance a project to replace the Berkshire Valley Road bridge over the Rockaway River in Jefferson Township.
• $2 million to advance a pedestrian/bike path along the NYS&W railroad right-of-way in Pequannock (Morris County) and Wayne (Passaic County).
• $1.4 million to advance a project to replace the Two Bridges Road bridge over the Pompton River and West Belt Highway Extension in Fairfield (Essex County) and Wayne (Passaic County).
• $1.3 million to advance a median crossover protection project along I-80 from Route 46 (Ledgewood Avenue) to Mill Road in Roxbury.
• $1.2 million to advance intersection improvements on the Sussex Turnpike at Dover-Chester Road, Calais Road, Millbrook Avenue and West Hanover Avenue in Randolph.
• $800,000 to advance a project to replace the Landing Road bridge over the NJ TRANSIT Morristown Line in Roxbury.
• $720,000 to advance a Long Valley safety project including a new roadway and bridge over the South Branch of the Raritan River in Washington.