Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Jones Lang LaSalle


FHA FREES $150 MILLION FOR NEW JERSEY PROJECTS

The Federal Highway Administration has reversed course and said it would provide $150 million for six highway projects in New Jersey. The decision came after pressure from New Jersey's Congressional delegation and threats by US Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez to block President Bush's nomination of J. Richard Capka to head the highway administration.

The six projects are:

-Work on Interstate 280 and the Garden State Parkway interchange in East Orange.
-Improvements to Interstate Route 78 in Union, Hillside, Irvington and Newark.
-Widening Route 1 in Edison and Woodbridge.
-Improvements to the Route 440-High Street connector in Perth Amboy.
-Work on Interstate 295 in Greenwich, East Greenwich and West Deptford.
-Shoring up the Delilah Road Bridges in Absecon and Pleasantville.