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Wow!!! Healy is just racking up deadly sins now, isn't he. He's got at least 4 out of 7. Greed, Gluttony, Sloth, now Pride.

(and I'm not saying he hasn't gone for lust, envy and/or wrath).

John Doe--put him in your notebook!

Hopefully we won't have to wait until 2050 to ride the Jersey City portion of the East Coast Greenway.

Planners hail city's future transit vision

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Jersey City's long-term transportation plan has earned the distinction of outstanding.

The New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association presented Jersey City with one of its three Outstanding Plan Awards during the annual conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Brunswick Nov. 5.

"This is an honor that warrants a great amount of pride," Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy said in a prepared statement.

The city received the designation for the circulation element of its master plan.

The circulation element is a long-term transportation plan that prepares for the needs of transporting people and goods to and from the city. It considers future development and redevelopment projects to 2050.

Included in the plan is construction of an off-road trail for the East Coast Greenway, a nearly 3,000-mile urban trail being pieced together to connect Maine to Florida.

The Jersey City portion calls for preservation of the Sixth Street Embankment, an abandoned rail line, which is slated for development. The city and the site's owner, developer Steve Hyman are currently in court over the issue.

It also calls for an extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail across Route 440 to the Bayfront Redevelopment Plan area, which sits between the Hackensack River and Route 440 with Kellogg Street to the south and the city's Public Works complex to the north.

MELISSA HAYES

And the Award for Absolutely No Shame or Competence goes to.....

ahahahaha. what a joke.

And the Award for the Most Corrupt Administration goes to...

Jersey City has no plan other than that driven by developer's loot. This award only fuels the boozefog mentality of this city's politicians and they actually do think they're doing great. Total rubbish.

FAIL.

Jersey City receives planning award

Hudson Reporter

JERSEY CITY -- Mayor Jerramiah Healy, members of the Municipal Council, and the Department of Housing, Economic Development and Commerce/Division of Planning announced Friday that Jersey City has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Plan Award by the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association, a professional organization of city and regional planners.

The Circulation Element of the Jersey City Master Plan is an action-oriented multi modal transportation plan that addresses the present and future mobility needs of people and goods to, from, and within Jersey City. It considers current needs while anticipating future development and redevelopment to 2050.

The Circulation Element is comprised of text, maps and graphics. Highlights include a vision statement, a series of implementation strategies and an action plan which identifies potential lead agencies and funding sources.

?This is an honor that warrants a great amount of pride,? said Mayor Healy.