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Christie Announces Project To Improve Access To Trenton Waterfront

Governor Christie says the project will help revitalize Trenton.

Governor Christie is touting a new park project to help revitalize New Jersey's capital city.

A four-and-a-half acre strip of land along the Delaware River will be developed into a Trenton park.

Christie says the state Department of Transportation will use $15 million in federal funds to build a pedestrian walkway over Route 29 from the park to the roof of the Statehouse parking garage.

"It's going to provide access to a part of the Trenton waterfront separated from the downtown area since the 1950s when Route 29 was developed.

DEP will use an estimated three-and-a-half million dollars of Natural Resource Damage Funds for the development of the park which will include plantings, paths, and lighting."

Christie says making it easier to get to the waterfront will attract more visitors to Trenton and benefit the economy.

"It's really remarkable that the entire west boundary of Trenton, more than five miles, is bordered by the Delaware River yet 84,000 Trentonians are completely disconnected from the river and its potential."