New Terminal to be Built at JFK

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JetBlue are building a 640,000-sq.-ft. passenger terminal housing 26 gates on a 70-acre tract at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The project will include a new parking garage with more than 1,500 spaces, a new connecting bridge to the nearby AirTrain JFK station, and work needed to incorporate the connecting tubes of the TWA Flight Center, also known as Terminal 5, into the new terminal.

JetBlue Airways will operate the terminal under a lease of up to 34 years. Construction is expected to begin in 2005.

The agency approved entering into an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration, the New York State Historic Preservation Office and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for the rehabilitation, restoration and adaptive reuse of Terminal 5, behind which the new passenger terminal will be built. The agreement ensures that Terminal 5, which was dedicated in 1962, will remain an airport centerpiece even though no airlines at JFK wish to operate it as a passenger terminal because of its physical and aeronautical limitations.

Transportation Improvements Planned for Meadowlands

Edwards and Kelcey has been selected by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to perform preliminary engineering and environmental approvals for a series of transportation improvements within the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

The project, known as the Meadowlands Railroad and Roadway Improvement Project, involves a two-mile extension of NJ Transit's commuter rail system to a new high capacity rail station serving the existing and proposed entertainment venues including Giants Stadium, the Continental Airlines Arena and the Meadowlands Racetrack. In addition to the extension of rail service, several modifications to access roads and local roadways will be made to foster better traffic conditions, both on and off-site.

The preliminary engineering and environmental approvals project is being expedited within a one-year schedule to meet the increasing transportation needs of the rapidly developing region.

Transmission Line Gets Approval

The New Jersey Board of Utilities granted approval for the alignment of the 230-kilowatt Conectiv transmission line - a power link that will run approximately 50 miles through 10 municipalities and three counties in New Jersey. Schoor DePalma acted as the technical consultant to the BPU.

Once the project is completed in July 2005, it will close the transmission loop of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland energy grid. The transmission line extension will run through the following municipalities: Lacey Township, Ocean Township, Barnegat Township, Stafford Township, Eagleswood Township, Little Egg Harbor Township, Bass River Township, Port Republic City, Galloway Township and Egg Harbor Township.

The northern section of the line, which will run from Sands Point Substation in Lacey to the Cedar Substation in Stafford, is roughly 15.66 miles in length and has been under construction since April. The southern portion of the line, which will run from the Cedar Substation to the Cardiff Substation in Egg Harbor, is approximately 34.2 miles in length and will start construction this August.

Team Brings Expertise to PATH Project

The New York Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded the Louis Berger Group, Inc., of East Orange, N.J., and Hill International, Inc., of Marlton, N.J.,

the contract for program management and support services for the Port Authority's Downtown Restoration Program, which includes all public infrastructure and site redevelopment for the World Trade Center and the WTC Transportation HUB.

The $2.5 billion Downtown Restoration Project will restore and enhance mass transit services to and from Lower Manhattan and provide for other transportation functions and access improvements at the World Trade Center site. Under the contract, the two companies will provide program and project management support, management of multidiscipline technical and professional staff, documentation and reporting, scheduling, budgeting, and project controls. Berger and Hill also provided program management services during design and construction of the $566 million temporary Port Authority Trans Hudson transit system constructed to restore commuter rail services in the aftermath of the of the September 11 World Trade Center attack.

NJDOT Project Opens Waterfront

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has wrapped up work on the $10 million South Riverwalk Park along the Delaware River in Trenton, N.J. Designed by Vollmer Associates of Rochelle Park, N.J., the project is part of an overall plan to restore and increase accessibility to the Delaware River Waterfront. Sited atop a deck covering the new Route 29 tunnel, the park encompasses 6.5 acres and includes a full-length bikeway/pedestrian walkway and esplanade, several open lawn areas, three pavilions, two children's playgrounds and a new riverfront water feature.

NJ Transit Work on Track

Conti Enterprises has been contracted by the New Jersey Transit Corporation as the General Contractor for the construction of track work, stations, and systems for the Newark City Subway Broad Street Extension. The project is expected to be completed in 2006. The company just wrapped up a year-long project for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, providing design and construction services for an intermodel transfer facility at the Elizabeth Port Authority Marine Terminal. The work included grading, paving, lighting, utilities, track and related work.