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Washington, D.C. --- U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 conference report that includes his request of $150,000 for New Brunswick to make road improvements along College Avenue to support Rutgers University's redesign of College Avenue.
The redesign of the College Avenue campus of Rutgers University is critically important to New Brunswick. The project will transform the campus into a distinctive academic environment and link both the city and university more closely than ever before.
The New Jersey congressman said the first stages of this multi-year project will include landscaping and streetscaping followed by street widening and pedestrian traffic flow improvements.
"As Rutgers University embarks on a long-term project to transform its historic campus, both Rutgers and New Brunswick are working together on transportation improvements that are central to the College Avenue Redesign," Pallone said. "The funds approved by the House today will allow New Brunswick to begin road improvements that support this redesign in order to enhance the city, create jobs and improve safety."
The overall redesign project will improve traffic flow through the city, encourage better commuting practices, enhance the safety for bicyclists and pedestrians and provide green spaces designed for the use of the university community and the citizens of New Brunswick.
The New Jersey congressman said that the federal funds approved earlier this week are the first for what is expected to be a multi-year project led by Rutgers University that will involve the local, state and federal governments.
Pallone requested the funds earlier this year in a formal request to the House Appropriations Transportation and Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Subcommittee. The final FY 2008 Transportation, Housing and HUD conference report approved today reconciles separate bills passed earlier this year by the House and the Senate. The conference report must now be approved by the Senate before heading to the President's desk for his review. FY 2008 officially began on October 1, 2007.
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