Piscataway-based Epic Management will complete
one-mile ADA-accessible walkway from Waterfront Park to Noes Creek
CARTERET, NJ – The Borough has awarded a contract for Phase II of the Northern Riverwalk to the qualified low bidder, Piscataway-based Epic Management to continue the boardwalk from Waterfront Park to Noes Creek. Epic had constructed Phase I of the Riverwalk.
The project consists of the completion of a 20-foot timber frame boardwalk extending north from the existing Carteret Fishing Pier and Waterfront Park and connecting with the soon-to-be constructed ferry terminal and previously completed Southern Riverwalk section. As part of the overall development of the Carteret waterfront along the Arthur Kill, the project also includes the installation of electrical service, complete with wiring and light fixtures, to enhance safety and accessibility, as well as benches, trash receptacles, and recycling containers.
“This a great opportunity to help expand our Riverwalk and boardwalk,” the Mayor said. “The new walkway will increase the public’s access to the Arthur Kill and offer a passive recreational resource for all ages. Working with the New Jersey Department of Environment Protection Green Acres and Office of Natural Resource Restoration, we’ve completed about a mile and a half of boardwalk now, and we’re adding another mile going north. Once it’s completed, we’ll have two and a half miles. It really highlights all of the investment and all of the opportunity along the waterfront.”
Adjacent water work recently was completed by Farmingdale-based George Harms Construction Co., which worked on a dock, gangway and stairs that lead to the Arthur Kill and will be utilized by the Borough’s forthcoming ferry service. During Phase II, the boardwalk will be connected to the docks, gangway and stairs, Mayor Reiman said.
For the Northern Riverwalk, the state Department of Environmental Protection awarded the Borough a $1.2 million Green Acres grant, two supplemental grants of $1.4 million, and a $500,000 grant from the agency’s Urban Parks initiative.
For the Southern Riverwalk, which is nearing completion, the Borough received an additional $6.67 million from NJDEP’s Office of Natural Resource Restoration.
The Northern Riverwalk will hug the shoreline through Waterfront Park and the remediated conservation easement donated by the DuPont Corp, also the future site Carteret Intermodal Transportation Center, the hub for the Borough’s forthcoming ferry service, and Carteret Stages, a movie studio and hotel in development. The Northern Riverwalk will connect the future Transportation Center to Waterfront Park, Carteret Fishing Pier, Waterfront Fitness Trail, and Carteret Marina.
The Riverwalk won’t end there, Mayor Remain said. The Borough plans to acquire the abandoned Conrail line that runs parallel to Peter J. Sica Industrial Highway and to the waterfront, he said.
“We would create this 5-mile loop,” the Mayor said. “In essence, we would create this five-mile Rails to Trails to boardwalk concept.”
For that rail trail project, the Borough was awarded a $1.5 million grant in May 2023 from the state Department of Transportation’s Alternatives Set-Aside Program.
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