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Dreadlypirate t1_jb86pck wrote

Reply to comment by Brudesandwich in Why is there not a footbridge here? by SirTitsMcGee

Yeah, the city also just put a lot of money into renovating the Jersey ave connection to the park and the marina entrance. So it’s unlikely they would put more money into an entrance to save 10 - 15 mins of walking. It would definitely be cool though

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moobycow t1_jb95qfs wrote

While, yes, they aren't going to build one, the walk around and back down to the waterfront is probably 45 min, not 10-15.

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Dreadlypirate t1_jbae1l7 wrote

Yeah that’s fair, I guess I was thinking to entrance to the Park

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FloatingWeight t1_jb8cfhd wrote

Pretty sure the state paid for and did the bridge across Jersey Ave

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cC2Panda t1_jb9z3ad wrote

Only because they want to use that as an alternate route while they build the stupid fucking extension. They are going to make Grand St and Marin incredibly dangerous when they inevitably have to close major portions of 78.

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sexxit_and_candy t1_jbb2012 wrote

On the bright side I assume traffic on those streets will be traveling at 0.5 mph, which will hopefully limit the danger

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cC2Panda t1_jbb6sbm wrote

I'd put money down that someone going from Grand onto Jersey taking a left hits someone going to or leaving the hospital. I'd also be willing to bet that a car will be hit by or hit the light rail trying to speed through a red on Jersey Ave.

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imaluckyduckie t1_jbbqq3s wrote

The $13M for the bridge came from both the City and the Turnpike Authority. $10M came from the NJTA

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iron64 t1_jbkkry5 wrote

Ah yes, the bridge meant to funnel traffic into downtown jersey city so that every day, people nearly run over pedestrians and honk their horns for 3 hours because of road rage. Love that bridge!

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