CAMDEN, N.J. — South Jersey Transit Partners, a joint venture of infrastructure consulting firm AECOM and architectural and enginerering company STV Inc., will handle preliminary engineering and design and project management for the Glassboro-Camden Line light rail project.
The 18-mile, 14-station project is being managed by the Delaware River Port Authority with NJ Transit and the South Jersey Transportation Authority as partners. The project, estimated to cost up to $1.8 billion, will restore passenger service along an existing rail line, using diesel multiple-unit light rail trainsets similar to NJ Transit’s River Line. No date for the start of operations has been projected; the project website says preliminary engineering, pre-construction activities, and construction will take approximately six years.
“The GCL is an important initiative to improve mobility by offering quick, reliable, and frequent rail service to the region,” Bane Gaiser, chief executive of AECOM’s U.S. East and Latin America region, said in a press release. “Our SJTP joint venture is incredibly proud to continue our crucial work, leveraging our deep understanding of the GCL’s objectives, the project’s scope, stakeholder engagement, and public needs to successfully deliver a transportation option that will have a positive impact on the day-to-day lives of South Jerseyans.”
Maybe the NIMBYs would want everybody to travel by horse and buggy instead.
Now, if a 10 or 15 lane highway was proposed, they would be on board with that.
Just go ahead and build the rail line As a famous naval hero on e said “Damm the torpedos, full speed ahead” To modify that statement “Damm the NIMBYs, build ahead and don’t stop
Joseph C. Markfelder
The $1.8B sounds OK if the line is made double-tracked and passenger speed ready, plus building 12 new stations and renovations to the other two.
The 6 years from today sounds optimistic but it may be doable if major environmental concerns don’t emerge. I’m sure there will be NIMBYS who will opposite it and put pressure on local governments to do the same.
When do NIMBYs not oppose anything that’s both socioeconomically and environmentally helpful and good? I mean, I saw some people protesting near the rider line at Denver Union Station when the A line first opened (This was the day after the A line opened). Cut to 2018, and the A line already carried 7 million passengers in one fiscal year, which is probably on average, approx. 19293.15 passengers per day. So when do people not become NIMBYs when things like this are proposed?