DelDOT breaks ground for Newark Regional Transportation Center

Written by Maggie Lancaster, assistant editor
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Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) celebrated the groundbreaking for the Newark Regional Transportation Center, parking lot and access road on July 17.

 

“This project represents an important part of our efforts to support the rebirth of the former Chrysler plant property. Having a modern rail facility in Newark is another great incentive for growing companies to choose the STAR Campus,” said Delaware Gov. John Carney.

The improved station will provide an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant high-level platform, expand parking and provide significantly improved passenger amenities including a station building with bathrooms. This project will be built by multiple construction contracts. This first construction project will build the expanded surface parking lot, access road and related improvements.

“Breaking ground on this project has been a long time coming,” said U.S. Senator Thomas Carper (D-Del), who helped secure a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) IV grant for the transportation center in 2012. “When it’s finished, this federal investment will make our local transportation system more efficient, while also making it safer for drivers and passengers alike.”

The project is partially funded by a $10 million TIGER IV Grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).

Future construction projects will consist of a station building, platform, track modifications and pedestrian overpass.

“The Newark Regional Transportation Center is a result of numerous parties – DelDOT, Governor Carney, our congressional delegation, the University of Delaware, Amtrak and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) – listening to the needs of our residents and business communities about how we can improve mass transit along the Northeast Corridor,” said Secretary of Transportation Jennifer Cohan.

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