Cinnaminson To Receive $183K For Road Reconstruction

CINNAMINSON, NJ — Cinnaminson will receive a $183,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) for an ongoing road reconstruction project, state officials announced.

It is part of $30.1 million in Local Freight Impact Fund (LFIF) grants the state is providing to help counties and municipalities provide for the safe movement of large truck traffic. The funding was awarded to Cinnaminson for use on the third phase of its Union Landing Road reconstruction project.

“This grant award underscores Cinnaminson Township’s commitment to completing infrastructure improvements through alternative funding sources, and we thank the New Jersey Department of Transportation for supporting our efforts at the municipal level," Cinnaminson Mayor Albert Segrest said. "The funding is particularly important as Union Landing Road is a main thoroughfare for truck traffic and the planned improvements will provide the Township with the necessary infrastructure to allow existing area companies to continue to flourish and will also attract new businesses to our sought after industrial corridor.”

“Having safe truck routes to efficiently move goods to and from New Jersey’s seaports, airports, warehouses, and rail yards is integral to our state and regional economy,” NJDOT Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti said. “Our roads and bridges carry a tremendous amount of commercial truck traffic every day and we are making the investments necessary to ensure the safety of our customers and communities alike.”

The LFIF program which was created as part of the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) reauthorization in October 2016. This is the fourth year that grants have been made under this program.

Cinnaminson was one of 41 townships and counties that applied for more than $45 million in grants through the program this year. It is one of 29 municipalities and two counties that was awarded a grant. In all, 33 grants were awarded, with each county receiving two grants, officials said. Click here for a full list of project awards.

The program helps New Jersey’s municipalities fund projects that emphasize and enhance the safe movement of large truck traffic, renew aging structures that carry large truck traffic, promote economic development, and support new transportation opportunities without the need for additional property taxes.

Under the program, projects that fall into four categories are eligible for funding: bridge preservation, new construction, pavement preservation, and truck safety and mobility.

The grants are administered by the NJDOT Division of Local Aid and Economic Development. NJDOT staff evaluate projects using a variety of criteria including existing conditions, overall traffic volume, percentage of large truck traffic, crash frequency, and connectivity to freight nodes, among others.