Overview
The Warren County Planning Department has initiated a study to be completed in June, 2009, that will provide a comprehensive and coordinated transportation improvement strategy for the Route 22 corridor.
The need for Route 22 planning is urgent. Over the past decade explosive housing, commercial and retail development in southern Warren County and adjacent communities in Pennsylvania, has increased travel demand along this corridor to the point where significant peak period weekday congestion already occurs along portions of the roadway. In addition, new residential, retail and commercial developments, including a Wal-Mart Supercenter, are planned or have been constructed along the Route 22 corridor. Developers have also proposed redeveloping portions of the Ingersoll Rand site in Phillipsburg. Route 22 serves as a major transportation corridor for Pennsylvania residents who commute into the Central New Jersey area and beyond to work.
The study will identify a series of roadway improvements as well as a package of transit enhancements, land-use and community design strategies, travel-demand and travel management strategies, and bicycle and pedestrian improvements. Taken into account will be local land use policies and plans and stakeholder input from agencies, local officials and the public.
Funded by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA), the study will be conducted by Maser Consulting P.A. and the Regional Plan Association, assisted by Reichman Frankle Inc. and TechniQuest.
Study Goals
The goal of the study is to outline an approach to incrementally enhance safety and increase mobility in the Route 22 corridor in Warren County through short-term spot improvements and long-term solutions such as roadway and transit improvements and land use and zoning changes. These improvements and planning strategies would then be advanced into the NJTPA Project Development Work Program. The study will also outline an implementation plan to improve quality of life for the five municipalities located along this section of Route 22—Alpha, Greenwich, Lopatcong, Pohatcong and Phillipsburg.
Study Area
The study area comprises the five-mile stretch of Route 22 in Warren County beginning at Exit 3 in the east, where Route 173 connects with I-78, until the western end where Route 22 crosses the Delaware River, the boundary between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It also includes the roads connecting to and paralleling Route 22 within the county.
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Project Milestones
Task 1: Data Collection and Analysis
October-December 2008
Task 2: Corridor Demand Analysis
January-April 2009
- Travel demand forecasting
- Land use and development review
- Visioning Workshop
- Finalize Technical Memorandum 1
Task 3: Identify Improvement Strategy Options
February-April 2009
- Meetings to develop strategies for Draft Technical Memorandum 2
- Present strategies at Public Meeting
- Finalize Technical Memorandum 2
Task 4: Recommended Solution Strategies and Improvement Project Concepts
May-June 2009
- Present revised Draft Final Report at Public Meeting and distribute project newsletter
- Prepare Final Report
Contact Us
For more information on the Warren County Route 22 Corridor Study or to submit comments, please contact:
Brian Appezzato, Planner
Warren County Planning Department
908-475-6532
planningdept@co.warren.nj.us
or
Marcia R. Shiffman, AICP, PP, CLA
Department Manager, Public Sector-Planning,
Maser Consulting, P.A.
908-238-0900
mshiffman@maserconsulting.com