This notice is to announce the release of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the proposed extension of the NJ TRANSIT Hudson Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) system from the West Side Avenue Station to a new station to be located west of Route 440 near Culver Avenue at the planned Bayfront development in Jersey City, NJ. The FONSI marks the final step in the project’s environmental...

This notice announced the release of an Environmental Assessment (EA), prepared to evaluate the environmental effects of a proposed extension of the NJ TRANSIT Hudson Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) system from the West Side Avenue Station to a new station, which would be located west of Route 440 in Jersey City. NJ TRANSIT is conducting the HBLR Route 440 Extension Project in accordance with the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA)...

By Jon Whiten • May 11th, 2011 Jersey City Independent NJ TRANSIT’s board of directors today adopted a plan to extend the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) across Route 440, and authorized its submission to the North Jersey Transportation Authority (NJTPA) for designation and inclusion in the agency’s Long Range Regional Transportation Plan, which would make the project eligible for federal funds. NJ TRANSIT has been studying the...