The City of Hoboken will host a virtual public meeting next week on the Sinatra Drive Redesign Project, which aims to use $1.2 million from the New Jersey Department of Transportation to transform the waterfront thoroughfare.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
The redesign will incorporate Vision Zero and complete street strategies, as well as green infrastructure to beautify the roadway and absorb rainwater during storms.
The meeting will take place next Wednesday, May 11th, at 7 p.m. Anyone interested in viewing/participating can do so by clicking here.
The conceptual designs for the redesign of Sinatra Drive are based on public feedback gathered through stakeholder meetings and an online survey.
Of the over 1,200 respondents, 90 percent identified as living in Hoboken, 88 percent stated they typically walk to Sinatra Drive, and 37 percent of respondents said they ride their bike to Sinatra Drive.
Survey findings indicate that the top five priorities for the redesign of Sinatra Drive include installing green landscaping along the corridor with more plantings, ensuring safe bicycle circulation, improving the streetscape and adding street furniture, improving the safety of pedestrian crossings, and calming traffic.
When asked what respondents disliked about Sinatra Drive, the most popular responses were cars and traffic speeds, the lack of green infrastructure, and poor roadway quality.
Additionally, survey respondents that offered their ideas for improving Sinatra Drive suggested reducing vehicular traffic and widening walkways and bike paths as top ideas.
The project team will use feedback gathered through the community meeting to create a refined concept design that will be presented to the public this summer.
This is the first of two Hoboken virtual public meetings next week, with another on Thursday at 6 p.m. set to discuss the proposed municipal complex.
Best part is this is not being funded only on the backs of the already heavily burdened Hoboken taxpayers/
That should read “Best part is this not being funded only on the backs of the soon to be crushed by Bhalla’s out of control spending Hoboken Taxpayers.”