Enforcement of New Parking Permit Areas to Start Monday, November 3, in Downtown Bayonne | The City of Bayonne, NJ

Enforcement of New Parking Permit Areas to Start Monday, November 3, in Downtown Bayonne | The City of Bayonne, NJ: "Mayor Jimmy Davis announced that enforcement of the new parking permit areas in downtown Bayonne will start Monday, November 3.  Those areas include the new Purple Zone for streets around the Bayonne Bridge, and new streets being added to the already existing Orange Zone."

Port Authority urged to fund Staten Island LRT | Railway Age

Port Authority urged to fund Staten Island LRT | Railway Age: "The PA currently is raising the height of the Bayonne Bridge, which connects Bayonne with Staten Island's north shore, in order to accommodate post-Panamax container ships accessing intermodal facilities in Newark and Elizabeth, N.J. The bridge currently contains no plans for LRT, however."

JJC Bradfield: The visionary who built the Bridge | dailytelegraph.com.au

JJC Bradfield: The visionary who built the Bridge | dailytelegraph.com.au: "When the Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened, it was the second longest steel arch bridge in the world, just behind the Bayonne Bridge in New Jersey in the US. (Bayonne was opened one year before and was 504 metres long, compared to the 503 metres of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.)

The Sydney Harbour Bridge was immediately, though, the largest single arch bridge in the world. It is higher above the water level than the Bayonne Bridge, and considerably wider, with six lanes of road traffic, two rail tracks and two tram tracks, compared to Bayonne’s two lanes of traffic each way."

Schumer, Oddo to Port Authority: Staten Island needs West Shore Light Rail project | SILive.com

Schumer, Oddo to Port Authority: Staten Island needs West Shore Light Rail project | SILive.com: "The rail would run stops from from Richmond Valley to Elm Park, carrying Island commuters to the Bayonne Bridge to connect with New Jersey Transit's Hudson Bergen Light Rail Line."

Bayonne bridge construction: Port Authority, city officials issue additional updates | NJ.com

Bayonne bridge construction: Port Authority, city officials issue additional updates | NJ.com: "The construction project, which began in May 2013 and is slated to be completed by 2017, is designed to raise the navigational clearance under the crossing to 215 feet to allow larger, modern ships to travel under it. The project will also provide commuters a modern roadway with 12-foot lanes and a 12-foot shared lane for bicyclists and pedestrians."

Bimco sees Far East-US East Coast as potential battlefield | JOC.com

Bimco sees Far East-US East Coast as potential battlefield | JOC.com: "But capacity will increase from 2016 when ships up to 13,000 20-foot-equivalent units will be able to transit the Panama Canal and also call at the Port of New York and New Jersey after the Bayonne Bridge span is raised."

Pedestrian Lane Sought for Verrazano-Narrows Bridge - NYTimes.com

Pedestrian Lane Sought for Verrazano-Narrows Bridge - NYTimes.com: "The activists are campaigning for what they call the Harbor Ring, a roughly 50-mile route that circumnavigates the waterfronts of three boroughs and New Jersey. Starting in Staten Island, it crosses the Bayonne Bridge, heads up the New Jersey Gold Coast to Weehawken, onto a ferry to West 39th Street in Manhattan, down the Hudson River Greenway and the Battery, over the Brooklyn Bridge, and finishes on the waterfront in Brooklyn from Red Hook to Bay Ridge."

Work to raise roadway of Bayonne Bridge is 25% complete | NJ.com

Work to raise roadway of Bayonne Bridge is 25% complete | NJ.com: "Construction work continues on the Staten Island side of the Bayonne Bridge. The roadway of the bridge is in the process of being raised to accommodate larger ships."

Bayonne Bridge will remain open tonight: Port Authority | NJ.com

Bayonne Bridge will remain open tonight: Port Authority | NJ.com: "The Bayonne Bridge will remain open tonight, according to Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Chris Valens.

Usually, the bridge is closed from Monday through Thursday, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. due to ongoing construction on the $1.3 billion "Raise the Roadway" project.

But due to the high chance of inclement weather tonight, construction on the bridge will not take place as scheduled, and the bridge will remain open, Valens said."

Container Shipping - Is the strong level of demand sustainable going forward?

Container Shipping - Is the strong level of demand sustainable going forward?: "Why might the Far East to US East Coast lane become the battlefield of the future? For several reasons. A) The expansion of the Panama Canal to service container ships up to 13,000 TEU from 2016. B) The enlargement of Suez Canal started only a couple of months ago. C) The heightening of the Bayonne Bridge to allow ULCS to call New York/New Jersey. D) The ongoing delivery of ULCS is likely to introduce some of the cost-effective ULCSs on this long-haul trade to reap the economics of scale, beyond the preferred trade for them which is Far East to Europe. E) The expansion of other US East Coast ports that allow them to receive the giant vessels in future, by dredging and introducing larger “Super-Post-Panamax” cranes. The volume growth is already there with much room for expansion. Time will tell how that trade will develop."

Politicians’ positions on Scranton-NYC train vary widely Corbett cites other needs, Wolf ‘will review’ - Times Leader - timesleader.com

Politicians’ positions on Scranton-NYC train vary widely Corbett cites other needs, Wolf ‘will review’ - Times Leader - timesleader.com: "Cartwright said the rail line is an important piece in rebuilding of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s manufacturing economy in that the corporate business people who decide where to build factories prefer to scout out new areas by train.

Also, the widening of the Panama Canal will play a role in funneling more truck traffic onto Interstate 80.

A project is underway to widen and deepen the canal to increase container ship traffic. The Port of New York and New Jersey, the largest port on the East Coast and the third-largest container port in the nation, already had invested $2.3 billion for a project to deepen its harbor to 50 feet by dredging sediment from the channel bottom.

It also is raising the Bayonne Bridge, which connects New York and New Jersey, 64 feet at a cost of $1 billion, to accommodate the larger vessels.

Cartwright said the increased truck traffic will extend car rides.

“Passenger rail is what we need to relieve that congestion,” he said."

Recchia Tries to Own Issue of Getting Light Rail to SI's West Shore - NY1

Recchia Tries to Own Issue of Getting Light Rail to SI's West Shore - NY1: "Trains would run along the West Shore Expressway, eventually across the Bayonne Bridge, connecting to New Jersey Transit."

Fire Department performs delicate rescue of a Port Authority worker suffering medical emergency on Bayonne Bridge | SILive.com

Fire Department performs delicate rescue of a Port Authority worker suffering medical emergency on Bayonne Bridge | SILive.com: "A Long Island man became the subject of a delicate rescue operation after suffering a medical emergency while working on the Bayonne Bridge's arch, some 20 feet above the roadway, on Thursday afternoon."

"The Port of New York & New Jersey is the largest container port on the East Coast and third largest in the nation. It has invested more than $2.7 billion to deepen channels, build intermodal rail facilities, and widen roads around its terminals. It is also spending another $1.3 billion to raise the Bayonne Bridge 64 feet to a height of 215 feet to accommodate Post-Panamax vessels."

Update: Bayonne Bridge worker removed from platform in rescue, taken to Bayonne hospital | SILive.com

Update: Bayonne Bridge worker removed from platform in rescue, taken to Bayonne hospital | SILive.com: "A male construction worker in his 20s had a medical emergency on a platform 20 feet above the roadway on the Bayonne Bridge on Thursday afternoon, prompting an emergency response and rescue effort."

Rail News - Florida, South Carolina ports continue to prep for Panama Canal expansion. For Railroad Career Professionals

Rail News - Florida, South Carolina ports continue to prep for Panama Canal expansion. For Railroad Career Professionals: "Following the completion of the Panama Canal expansion and raising of the Bayonne Bridge in New Jersey, larger vessels are expected to call on the East Coast more frequently, port officials said in a press release."

Seaports to Compete for Business from Panama Canal Expansion | Industrial content from National Real Estate Investor

Seaports to Compete for Business from Panama Canal Expansion | Industrial content from National Real Estate Investor: "Mirroring the delay, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently announced it will push back its plans to start raising the Bayonne Bridge until the spring of 2015. Officials said the cranes can’t work in the winter on the $1.3 billion project, which will allow the large ships into the New York/New Jersey port. According to JLL’s 2014 Seaport Outlook, however, Houston and Jacksonville are expected to be ready to handle the traffic by next year. Miami plans to have its deep-water port dredged to more than 50 feet by late 2015."

THE OFFICE OF MAYOR JAMES M. DAVIS 100th DAY BRIEFING | The City of Bayonne, NJ

THE OFFICE OF MAYOR JAMES M. DAVIS 100th DAY BRIEFING | The City of Bayonne, NJ: "At one of my first public meetings I stated, “The Bridge will be built.” That is as true today as it was nearly one hundred days ago.  However, that does not mean that city residents will need to suffer in silence. My administration holds Bi-weekly Meetings with the Port Authority in order to monitor construction progress. My feeling is that with a project this massive the flow of information is vital to its continuance. Along those lines, we have requested that the Port Authority hold periodic Public Meetings with concerned residents. This ensures that there are levels of accountability, both to my administration and to the Bayonne public at-large.

Along with public input on the Bridge project, come the more objective layers of accountability: data and analysis. To ensure the health, safety, and well being of Bayonne residents, the city has hired two engineering firms to conduct Environmental Testing and offer Structural Assessments of homes in the zone directly impacted by the on-going construction."

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Hudson Reporter - A bridge too far br font size 2 i Meeting with Port Authority leaves many residents unhappy font i br: "The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey held its latest public information session on Sept. 29 regarding its Raise the Roadway Bayonne Bridge project, but many of the city residents affected by the construction work left the meeting feeling less than informed, and not at all happy.  

The event, attended by 60 or so people, was held at the St. Andrew the Apostle auditorium on Broadway."

Port Authority tolls scheduled to rise again in December | SILive.com

Port Authority tolls scheduled to rise again in December | SILive.com: "Tolls on the Port Authority's Bayonne Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge are set to increase again this December.

The new rates, which goes into effect Dec. 7, will include a 75-cent hike for E-ZPass users and a $1 increase for those who pay the cash toll. Those increases will bring the off-peak E-ZPass toll to $9.75, the peak E-ZPass toll to $11.75 and the cash fare to $14."

NY-NJ port prepares ‘winter plan’ to avoid gridlock repeat | JOC.com

NY-NJ port prepares ‘winter plan’ to avoid gridlock repeat | JOC.com: "Patrick Foye, the port authority’s executive director, said the task force’s recommendations will help New York-New Jersey retain its position as the busiest East Coast port. He noted Georgia Ports Authority CEO Curtiz Foltz’s recent remark in a “State of the Port” address that Savannah hopes eventually to surpass New York-New Jersey in cargo volume.

Last year New York-New Jersey handled nearly 5.5 million 20-foot-equivalent units, compared with about 3 million TEUs at Savannah. But Foye said Foltz’s statement “does underscore the intense competition of the port business today.”

Foy cited $3 billion in port authority investments in the last decade on projects including dredging channels to 50 feet, construction of intermodal rail ramps, raising the Bayonne Bridge by mid-2016.

He said it is “critical” that the port authority continue collecting an infrastructure-funding cargo facility charge that has been challenged by container lines before the FMC and in the New Jersey Legislature."

Charleston Regional Business Journal | Charleston, SC

Charleston Regional Business Journal | Charleston, SC: "The combination of shipping lines ordering larger, deeper-draft vessels, the opening of the Panama Canal expansion and the raising of the Bayonne Bridge in New Jersey is expected to flood the East Coast with much larger ships."

Three Tenants That Prove Midtown Isn't Dead; ULI's Fall Meeting - Real Estate Bisnow (NY)

Three Tenants That Prove Midtown Isn't Dead; ULI's Fall Meeting - Real Estate Bisnow (NY): "The Port Authority is spending $2.6B to dredge the harbor and raise the Bayonne Bridge to accommodate post-Panamax ships, says Vickerman & Associates prez John Vickerman (snapped with Dow Golub Remels & Beverly's Debra Gilbreath and Rockefeller Group FTZ Services' Brandi Hanback)."

Mechanicville, New York manufacturer sees opportunity with downstate bridge projects - Albany Business Review

Mechanicville, New York manufacturer sees opportunity with downstate bridge projects - Albany Business Review: "Ghoshal sees bidding opportunities with the Tappan Zee bridge replacement, the Kosciuszko Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Queens; and the Goethals and Bayonne bridges which connect New Jersey to Staten Island at the Port of New York and New Jersey."

Bayonne Bridge Archives | The Container

Bayonne Bridge Archives | The Container: "The project to expand the Panama Canal — officially launched in 2007 and set to be finished early in 2016 — is having ripple effects on the U.S. economy from railroads to ports."

Port Strategy - Chassis conundrum

Port Strategy - Chassis conundrum: "The higher air draft of 215 feet for the Bayonne Bridge should be finished in 2016."

Hudson County TV Bayonne Residents Upset and Angered by Recent Bayonne Bridge Construction

Hudson County TV Bayonne Residents Upset and Angered by Recent Bayonne Bridge Construction: "Port Authority program director Joann Papageorgis responded to this saying “were doing the best we can, construction is always a short term problem.but eventually the construction goes away.”