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Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Transportation and Housing & Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill today that includes his request of $500,000 for the South Amboy Intermodal Transportation Station to improve access, increase safety and enhance passenger accommodations at the facility.
The South Amboy facility serves more than 1,300 daily commuters and improvements to the station will provide NJ Transit rail passengers with improved customer convenience and accessibility and make the station safer. The federal funds will be used to continue the second phase of the construction, which provides a center island high-level platform, the addition of handicapped accessibility and the facilitation of overall safety upgrades to the station.
"This funding invests in a transportation project that will reduce congestion, improve air quality and continue economic development," Pallone said. "The South Amboy Intermodal Transportation Station is a unique transportation hub that brings rail, bus, ferry, auto and pedestrian traffic into one center and I commend the House for acknowledging the need for this important project."
The $500,000 approved by the House today follows an additional $2.2 million that Pallone has secured since Fiscal Year 2005 for this project. Both state and federal funds have been used over the years in constructing the South Amboy Intermodal Hub.
Pallone requested the funds earlier this year in a formal request to the House Appropriations Transportation and Housing & Urban Development (THUD) Subcommittee.
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