Trump's infrastructure push aims to shrink already condensed environmental process

USA Today: "Many of the principles the Trump administration is embracing were articulated in a report titled Two Years not Ten Years issued in 2015 by a non-partisan group called the Common Good.

Its chairman, Philip K. Howard, used the raising of the Bayonne Bridge that connects Staten Island with New Jersey as a classic example of government bureaucracy run amok.

The project required 47 permits from 19 different federal, state, and local agencies, he told lawmakers. It took six months to pick the lead agency for environmental review and another year to agree on the scope of review even though the construction "had virtually no environmental impact" because it used the same right of way and foundations as the old bridge, he said. The final environmental assessment ran 10,000 pages, with another 10,000 pages of appendices."

Bergen Point Ferry

tugster: a waterblog: "Here’s another photo shared by Ingrid Staats.  If you’ve been to this blog before, you recognize the bridge, but what are Vega and Altair you might wonder.  The ferries are aptly named, since they are two characters in a Chinese love story, Vega the weaver girl and Altair the cowherd."

Construction to Begin Soon on Bayonne’s Tallest Buildings

Jersey Digs: "Greenman said that this development is a “well-situated project” because of the site’s close proximity to the light rail, Route 440, the Bayonne Bridge, and the Broadway business district."

West 1st Street Closing Notice

City of Bayonne, NJ - Official Website: "In a letter to residents of the 1st Street area in Bayonne, the Port Authority has advised them that it will be closing West 1st Street as early as Friday, January 26, 2018 to erect the new support structure for the Bayonne Bridge. This closure will last until approximately fall 2018. While West 1st Street is closed, vehicles can continue to enter from Avenue A for local access only – no through traffic can travel under the bridge. Also during the closure, vehicles cannot park under the Bayonne Bridge."

Bayonne Bridge to be closed this weekend

SILive.com: "The Port Authority will close the bridge Friday, Jan. 26, at 9 p.m., and it will remain closed most of the day Sunday, Jan. 28, to accommodate ongoing construction work."

Red Hook, Brooklyn's last port, is clinging to a site coveted by developers

Crain's New York Business: "The industry has shifted to large-volume facilities, a trend likely to accelerate in the coming years with the introduction of some of the largest vessels ever built. They can carry 14,000 or more containers and are so massive that the Panama Canal was widened at a cost of more than $5 billion to accommodate them. To make its Port Elizabeth and Port Newark facilities accessible to these ships, which can be 1,200 feet long and 200 feet tall, the Port Authority just spent $1.7 billion to lift the Bayonne Bridge’s roadway 64 feet."

Lane Closings, Repairs At GWB, Holland Tunnel, Bayonne Bridge

Hoboken, NJ Patch: "According to the Port Authority of NY/NJ, the Bayonne Bridge will be closed during the overnight hours on Friday, Jan. 19, for ongoing construction work."

BridgeClimb Sydney the height of sightseeing

Travel Weekly: "He explained how the bridge, held together by almost 6 million hand-driven rivets, missed out on being the world's longest steel arch bridge when it was completed in 1932, a title then held by New Jersey's Bayonne Bridge. Construction on the bridge began in 1924 and took 1,400 men eight years to build."

Bayshore Concrete puts plant up for sale as work dries up

Delmarva now: "The cuts were expected to take place from November through early 2018 as work tapers off on the company's portion of the $1 billion Bayonne Bridge project, a span linking Bayonne, New Jersey, with Staten Island, New York."

The Old Goethals: What Goes Up, Must Come Down

PANYNJ: "While one phase of history marked a fitting end this week, work continues on the next piece of history – the full completion of the new Goethals Bridge, the first new crossing built by the Port Authority in more than 80 years.  While one span of the new bridge was opened last June, the entire structure is scheduled for completion in the middle of this year."

Bayonne Bridge to close Friday night, reopen Saturday

SILive.com: "The Bayonne Bridge will close at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 12, and will reopen at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 13.

Once the span opens Saturday morning, the Port Authority plans to keep it open through the rest of the weekend."

Partnering with the DEP Bayonne joins state environmental initiative

Hudson Reporter: "The city is exploring ideas to create a linear park under the Bayonne Bridge that could extend to Dennis Collins Park, which underwent extensive renovations in 2017. Meanwhile, the Hudson River Walkway will one day extend to Fort Lee on one continuous bike and walking path. In Bayonne, that walkway will wrap around the shoreline from Constable Hook to the Bayonne Golf Club, to South Cove Commons and the former Military Ocean Terminal Base."

U.S. Ports Update Part 1: Expanded Panama Canal Changes the Balance

Logistics Management: "After setting similar records in December 2016 and May 2017, the Neopanamax containership CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt became the largest ship to transit the Canal to date in August 2017, carrying nearly 15,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). From there, the vessel called the Port of New York and New Jersey for the inauguration of the raised Bayonne Bridge."

RORO and FLOFLO 2 (With Bridge Pics)

tugster: a waterblog: "The barge with green containers, the bridge, and the Glovis roll on-roll off (RORO) vessel all look great bathed"

Bayonne Bridge will remain open this weekend

SILive.com: "Due to the upcoming holiday weekend, the span will not close to accommodate increased travel -- barring any need for unforeseen emergency work, according to the Port Authority."

Bayonne Bridge will remain open this weekend

SILive.com: "Due to the upcoming holidays, there will be no more closures to accommodate increased travel -- barring any need for unforeseen emergency work, according to the Port Authority."

Bayonne Bridge to close Friday night -- last planned 2017 closure

SILive.com: "The Port Authority will close the span at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15, to accommodate construction as part of the "Raise the Roadway" project. The bridge will reopen Saturday, Dec. 16, at 8 a.m."

New Jersey's Rapid Industrial Construction Still Can't Keep Up With Demand

BISNOW.com: "The rise in demand has only accelerated, as the raising of the Bayonne Bridge between New Jersey and Staten Island has allowed for bigger ships to reach the ports of Newark and Elizabeth, thereby increasing users' need for space to handle incoming shipments. According to the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, deliveries to New York and New Jersey ports between July and October increased by 7.4% over the same period of 2016."

How far over budget has Bayonne Bridge project gone?

NJ.com: "Citing "multiple complexities and construction challenges," the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Thursday approved an additional $350 million to $400 million, bringing the initial $1.3 billion price tag to nearly $1.7 billion."

The Rising Cost of Luring Megaships to Newark

WSJ (subscription required): "The cost of modifying the Bayonne Bridge to open up the Port of New York and New Jersey to a new class of megaships has risen again and looks set to reach nearly $1.7 billion."

Port Authority: Bayonne Bridge temporarily closed due to injured worker

NJ.com: "The 49-year-old man sustained a severe injury to his leg this afternoon on the lower level of the Bridge that is being demolished, according to Joseph Pentangelo, spokesman for the Port Authority Police Department."

Bayonne Bridge reopened; equipment cleared from roadway

SILive.com: "The PA closed the bridge to traffic Sunday in both directions at around 10:50 a.m. on Sunday. The bridge reopened at 12:12 p.m. after the equipment was removed, said Joseph Pentangelo, a PA spokesman.

"ESU has secured the equipment,which was hanging. There was a visual inspection of the bridge and details to follow," he said."

The Bayonne Bridge is now closed in both directions due to emergency construction

Port Authority Alerts & Advisories: "The Bayonne Bridge is now closed in both directions due to emergency construction. Please plan alternate route."

Overnight closure of Bayonne Bridge is announced

NJ.com: The Bayonne Bridge will be closed from midnight tonight until 8 a.m. tomorrow, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials said.

Managing the New Panamax Containerships

Maritime Professional: "“We’re thrilled to have CMA CGM T. Roosevelt call at our port and serve as the celebratory vessel for the raising of the Bayonne Bridge,” Molly Campbell, Port Director at the Port of New York and New Jersey, explained in a prepared statement. “We invested billions of dollars to raise the Bayonne Bridge, deepen harbor channels, install rail facilities at all of our terminals and improve our port road network, with the goal of attracting the world’s biggest ships and cargo to our port and the jobs and economic activity they provide,” she added. "

Port of New York and New Jersey sees container traffic rise 24 percent

Transportation Today: "The completion of the 20-year Harbor Deepening Project contributed to this growth, the report said. The project raised the deck of the Bayonne Bridge and dredged the main channel to a depth of 50 feet."

Bayonne Bridge to be open all weekend

SILive.com: "The bridge is scheduled to be open on weekends for the rest of the year, but will be closed on certain Friday nights, according to the Port Authority."

New York’s Majestic Passage in the Sky | The New Yorker

The New Yorker: " Of all the city’s bridges, the Bayonne Bridge is the most powerful and intimate work of modernist-era art. Nothing half as tall stands near it. Sky fills the girders’ interstices and geometries, and above the arch the clouds rise dramatically. The bridge spans the Kill Van Kull, a body of water about two thousand feet across at its widest and about eight hundred feet at its narrowest. It is the color of lead and looks beat-up and hard-used."

Bayonne Bridge to close Friday night, will reopen Saturday

SILive.com: "The Port Authority will close the span at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, to accommodate construction as part of the "Raise the Roadway" project. The bridge will reopen Saturday, Nov. 4, at 8 a.m., and it will remain open the rest of the weekend."

Bayonne Bridge Heightening Prompts Port Newark Expansion

Jersey Digs: "The Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT), which sits between the New Jersey Turnpike and the Newark Bay in Essex County, will undergo multiple changes now that the Bayonne Bridge has been raised."

Sky's the Limit

Global Trade Magazine: "When the 14,400 TEU CMA CGM T. Roosevelt inaugurated the new bridge in early September, having just weeks earlier become the largest container ship to pass through the Panama Canal, everything was back to normal; only bigger, which turned out to make things better."

Bayonne Bridge to be open most weekends until January

SILive.com: "This weekend, the Bayonne Bridge will close at 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27, and will reopen at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29, according to Coleman.

"After next weekend, there are no more weekend closures anticipated through the end of this year," he said.

"Beginning next month, due to the contractor's progress and upcoming holidays and winter season, Monday through Thursday overnight closures will be suspended until early spring 2018," he added."

Nice weekend weather? Let's close the Bayonne Bridge (commentary)

SILive.com: "We're supposed to have some nice weather this weekend. Mid-70s. Sunny. Lots of folks are going to be out driving. A lot of them are going to be going to New Jersey, either to shop, visit friends or enjoy what's likely going to be one of the few remaining pleasant weekends before the colder, drearier weather sets in."

Bayonne Bridge and Holland Tunnel undergoing lane closures this weekend

NJ.com: "The Bayonne Bridge will be closed this weekend to accommodate ongoing construction on the crossing. The roadway, which connects Bayonne and Staten Island, will be closed to 5 a.m. Monday."

Officials Consider Building Aerial Gondola System Between NY & NJ

CBS New York: "The Staten Island Economic Development Corporation is calling for a nearly two mile-long system with gondolas that are somewhat smaller than the Roosevelt Island trams. They would rise 500 feet above the Kill Van Kull and run adjacent to the Bayonne Bridge."

Big ship jitters voiced at Port Industry Days

AJOT.COM: "The completion of the raising of the Bayonne Bridge roadbed in June had the immediate effect of attracting a new generation of giant containerships to the port, with the prospect of increasing cargo volumes but also port congestion."

Bayonne Bridge to stay open for long holiday weekend

NJ.com: "The bridge will be closed from midnight tonight until 8 a.m. Saturday, and then remain open until 7 p.m. Monday, Columbus Day. Next week, the bridge will be closed during the overnight hours from Oct. 9-12, from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning."

Weekend Schedule

Port Authority of NY & NJ: "The bridge will be closed from 11:59 p.m. Friday, September 22, and reopen by 8 a.m. Saturday, September 23. Once the bridge reopens on Saturday, it is not scheduled to close again until 7 p.m. Monday, September 25. The bridge will be closed during the overnight hours on Tuesday through Thursday, September 26 through September 28, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning."

Port Authority: Bayonne Bridge closed this weekend, lane closures scheduled for Holland Tunnel

NJ.com: "The bridge will be closed through the weekend to accommodate ongoing construction, officials said. The bridge will reopen at 5 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 18.

The Avenue A off-ramp from Route 440 will also be closed until midnight tonight, and traffic will be diverted at 5th Street."

Regional Plan Association proposes 1,650-mile Tri-State Trail system

Curbed NY: "There are three proposed routes that would extend from New York City, all of which already have existing trails that would need to be expanded or connected. The first is the Harbor Ring, which would connect Lower Manhattan via ferry to Hoboken, Jersey City, and Bayonne, across the Bayonne Bridge to Staten Island, then over the Verrazano Narrows Bridge over to the Brooklyn Greenway and across the Brooklyn Bridge."

Port of New York/New Jersey to bump Virginia to No. 2 stop on Asia-East Coast service

pilotonline.com: "The Asia-U.S. East Coast ocean-carrier service that in recent months made the Port of Virginia its first stop for the biggest-ships-ever to transit the Panama Canal has tweaked its lineup.

Starting next month, the Port of New York/New Jersey has been added to the schedule and will become the first East Coast stop.

Virginia will be next, followed by Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S.C., before ships head back home to Hong Kong."

When the Roosevelt came to town

WorkBoat: "The Roosevelt’s transit was a culmination of almost 30 years of efforts to expand the port’s capacity – and a signal that nearly a decade after the great financial meltdown of 2008, Americans are buying more imports."

EarthCam Teams Up with Granite Construction on the Kosciuszko Bridge

Benzinga: "EarthCam specializes in webcam technology for infrastructure projects and has documented major bridges coast to coast, from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and St. Croix River Crossing to the New NY Bridge, Goethals Bridge and Bayonne Bridge."

Video: Biggest cargo ship yet passes under Bayonne Bridge

abc7ny.com: "The largest ship yet -- The CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt -- entered the Kill van Kull and under the Verrazano Bridge just after 7 a.m. on its journey to APM Terminal in Elizabeth. It crossed under the Bayonne Bridge just before 10 a.m."

Bayonne Bridge closed this weekend: Port Authority

NJ.com: "The bridge will be closed all weekend up until 5 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 11, in order to accommodate ongoing construction, the Port Authority said."

See largest container ship on East Coast pass under Bayonne Bridge for 1st time (PHOTOS)

NJ.com: "Four times larger than the Statue of Liberty and the length of five football fields, the Theodore Roosevelt can carry more than 14,400 20-foot equivalent units (TEU). Owned by French shipping group CMA CGM, the ship made its way to New Jersey after navigating the new Panama Canal locks and becoming the largest capacity ship to do so."

Bayonne Bridge to remain open for Labor Day

SILive.com: "The Port Authority opened the span Friday at 5 a.m., and it will remain open until it closes again for regularly scheduled construction on Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m."

Colossal container ship to pass under raised Bayonne Bridge

NJ.com: "The CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt will steam up the Kill van Kull and under the Bayonne Bridge mid-late Thursday morning, according to its owner, the French shipping company CMA CGM. The company said the ship will dock at APM Terminal in Elizabeth."

Traffic at the Port of Halifax is booming

Truck News: "As a result of those two pieces, we are seeing larger vessels deployed along the East Coast of North America,” Farguson said. “And with the raising of the Bayonne Bridge in N.Y. recently, that’s accelerating these larger vessels being deployed along the eastern North American trade lanes."

New Developer and Details Emerge for 7th Street Project Near Bayonne Bridge

Jersey Digs: "Now, Shrewsbury-based MonGroup Properties has taken over the project, which lies right along the lead-up to the Bayonne Bridge entrance. The company purchased the land back in July for just under $1 million and recently unveiled a rendering for the development."

Container shipping: Solid demand growth reduces spot rate volatility

Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide: "Moving forward, PANYNJ, should benefit from the early completion of the Bayonne Bridge navigational clearance project. With the new air draft of 215 feet (65.5m), ships up to 18,000 TEU will now be able to reach the terminal ‘behind’ the bridge (9,800 TEU was the maximum before the elevation). This will prompt carriers to optimise their networks once again, as most US East Coast ports have upgraded their terminals in recent years to accommodate the Ultra Large Containerships."



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Tight Squeeze Industries

Virginia Business: "Another pivotal event occurred earlier this year when the Bayonne Bridge leading into the Port of New York and New Jersey was raised. That bridge previously blocked large ships from reaching the East Coast’s busiest port."

Containership to Honor Bayonne Bridge Renovation With Sept. 7 Call to N.Y.-N.J. Port

Transport Topics: "The weekly service has brought the containerships capable of handling 14,000-plus industry-standard 20-foot-equivalent containers, or TEUs, to Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia since the spring. But the Theodore Roosevelt will be first to stop in New York-New Jersey through the newly raised Bayonne Bridge."

Weekend Bridge Schedule

The Port Authority of NY & NJ: "This weekend, the Bayonne Bridge will be closed starting at 10 p.m. Friday, August 25 for construction activity, and will reopen by 3 p.m. Sunday, August 27. During the construction work, downtown Bayonne traffic will be diverted at 5th Street beginning 10 p.m. Friday and will revert back to Avenue A by 11:59 p.m. Saturday night."

A vessel on an historic voyage

AJOT.COM: "Now, with an apron raised, the Bayonne Bridge allows access to the port of Newark to container ships with a draft of 49,5feet. September 7, 2017, will bring together the ship bearing an historic New Yorker’s name and a storied bridge that for 45 years was the world’s longest steel-arch bridge. Together, they mark a new chapter in commercial shipping."

CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt to Inaugurate Bayonne Bridge

Maritime Journal - News Infomarine: "The newly built 14,400 TEU container ship CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt will be the designated inaugural vessel for the raised Bayonne Bridge at the Port of New York & New Jersey when she arrives in early September. The Roosevelt takes her name from America's 26th president, who was a native New Yorker and served as the governor of New York State."

CMA CGM Makes Record Panama Transit

Port Technology International: "The neopanamax ship will also call on the Port of New York and New Jersey, which recently completed a four year, US$1.6 billion project to raise the Bayonne Bridge to 215 feet. Now vessels over 9,500 TEU can bypass the bridge to reach three of four main terminals at the port. On September 7th,  the largest vessel ever to pass under the bridge will the CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, for which CMA CGM provided details in the below infographic."

Panama Canal welcomes largest capacity vessel to date

American Shipper: "The canal authority said the Theodore Roosevelt is also expected to call the Port of New York and New Jersey, which recently completed a four year, $1.6 billion project to raise the Bayonne Bridge to 215 feet, thereby allowing ships larger than 9,500 TEU to dock at three of its four primary terminals located west of the bridge."

PANAMA CANAL EXPANDS, EAST COAST PORTS GROW

Global Trade Magazine: "Many ports are still working on infrastructure projects to accommodate new Panamax ships. At the Ports of New York and New Jersey, the recently completed Bayonne Bridge-raising project now allows the largest ships to gain access to the ports of Newark, Staten Island and Elizabeth. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said at a conference in May that it’s a “game-changer” that will help generate billions of additional dollars in economic activity to the region."

Record Panama Canal Transit by CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt

Maritime Executive: "For this voyage, the CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt will also call on the Port of New York and New Jersey, which recently completed a four year, $1.6 billion project to raise the Bayonne Bridge to 215 ft. The move will allow the nation’s third-largest port for the first time to accept ships larger than 9,500 TEU to reach three of its four main terminals."

The ideal state for business? It's New Jersey

NJBIZ: "Businesses benefit from access to exceptional sea ports, from Port Newark, to the world-class facilities in New York and Philadelphia. And with the raising of the Bayonne Bridge, larger ships can now reach our terminals and service the companies opening in and relocating here. "

Attractions of Port Property

Port Strategy: "The Bayonne Bridge project is finally in the home stretch and vessels exceeding 10,000 teu from Maersk, Zim and OOCL have been able to reach the docks with the greater vertical clearance. But logistics, which includes scheduling, docking, and getting cargo on/off the vessels and into/out of terminals, is tricky stuff in New York/New Jersey, as well at ports all down the US East Coast."

Bayonne Bridge Navigational Clearance Project

HDR: "As the lead design firm on this $1.38 billion project, our responsibility included the elevated deck for the main bridge span; the strengthening of the historic arch for increased loading; and the segmental concrete approach superstructures. We also provided architectural design for four service buildings, maintenance of traffic design, traffic modeling and permit acquisition in addition to project management for the design team."

Port Authority Alerts & Advisories

Port Authority Alerts & Advisories: "The Bayonne Bridge is closed in both directions until 3:00 PM Sunday, August 20th. Please plan alternate route."



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Bayonne Bridge to close Friday night, reopen Sunday

SILive.com: "The bridge will close at 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18, and will reopen at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20.

Once the bridge reopens on Sunday, it will remain open until 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21."

Park improvements coming to Bergen Point Upgrades to Collins Park linear park planned

Hudson Reporter: "The long-term goal is to make most of the Bayonne shorefront accessible and walkable, and the Bergen Point neighborhood is a big part of that plan. City officials and the Port Authority have recently discussed the potential for a linear park underneath the Bayonne Bridge that would start at 5th Street and extend south to Dennis Collins Park and could include a walkway, bike path, parkland, playground, and possibly other amenities."

Baseball from Bayonne Bridge hits construction worker

NothJersey.com: "The construction worker, a 53-year-old man, who was not identified, called the police reporting that he had been hit by the ball, said Joe Pentangelo, senior police public information officer. The worker suffered minor scrapes and refused medical attention. He was standing several feet away from the road surface at the time he was hit."

American Bridge Co. may take over the New York Wheel

New York Business Journal: "It designed and built the Bayonne Bridge in 1931, the longest arch superstructure in the world at the time, and was involved in the design of the Empire State Building."

Bayonne Bridge to Remain Open Most of the Weekend

TAPinto: "The Bayonne Bridge will be closed overnight starting at 11:59 p.m. tonight, and reopening 8 a.m.tomorrow morning, Saturday, August 12. Once reopened, the bridge will remain open until 7 p.m.Monday, August 14."

Expanded Panama Canal Proves Beneficial to US Industrial

Commercial Property Executive: "The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey spent $1.3 billion to raise the Bayonne Bridge in New Jersey and $1.6 billion on a dredging project for improved access to Port Newark and Port Elizabeth in New Jersey and a Staten Island, N.Y., terminal."

MonGroup willing to pay the price to make its new project 'green'

NJBIZ: "Mere weeks after acquiring 175 W. 7th St. in Bayonne, the developer has announced plans for a 56-unit low-rise complex near the Bayonne Bridge."

Big-ship-serving Port of Baltimore looks beyond gates for more progress

AJOT.COM: "Scher said making the antiquated tunnel capable of accommodating CSX trains with double-stacked containers “would be quite a game-changer for us,” while, he said, the just-raised Bayonne Bridge roadbed should translate to even more calls for Baltimore on mega-containership rotations that include Port of New York & New Jersey terminals now accessible to the extra-big boxships."

Post Panama Canal expansion, the top three U.S. ports still rule

Building Design + Construction: "The Port of New York/New Jersey spent $2.1 billion to deepen its harbor to 50 feet. And by opening an elevated Bayonne Bridge, the largest container ships now have access to the Port of NY/NJ."

Bayonne Bridge to close Friday night, reopen Saturday morning

SILive.com: "Once the bridge reopens Saturday, it will not close again until 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7."

Friday afternoon Expressway traffic stretches from bridge to bridge

SILive.com: "In response to the Sunday night jams, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey changed construction schedules and canceled weekend closure of the Bayonne Bridge."

Transportation a key topic at Sen. Gillibrand's Q&A at Snug Harbor

SILive.com: "We have had study after study" on the viability of a West Shore light rail over the Bayonne Bridge to connect commuters to New Jersey, she said, and asked for Gillibrand's support to include Staten Island in the Regional Transportation Plan.

With Sen. Chuck Schumer and others discussing the plan, "we really need to be a part of those conversations," Rose said.

Gillibrand agreed "it's not fair for half a million people to not have access to transportation and be able to get to the jobs that they need in our big city."

AL officials plan expansion of Port Birmingham

AL officials plan expansion of Port Birmingham: "One such project nearing completion is the $1.6 billion Bayonne Bridge renovation. Skanska was tasked with raising the bridges' clearance from 151 feet to 215 feet so the new ships can fit underneath. The bridge was originally scheduled to be finished in 2016 but should be fully complete sometime in 2019; however, it will be able to accomodate larger ships beginning this summer, according to The Wall Street Journal."

5-story residential building announced for southern Bayonne

NJ.com: "The building will be located just under the entrance ramp to the Bayonne Bridge, less than a half mile from the Eighth Street Light Rail Station. "

11 months later, no sanctions for Bayonne developer accused of stealing water

Hudson County View: "The situation is notable because Skanska Koch Kiewit, a contractor for the Bayonne Bridge construction project, was agreed to pay Suez Water $32,360.40 on December 5th, 2016 for drawing water from a hydrant without a meter."

Bayonne OKs $1.7 million bid for Collins Park upgrades, but bike park is out

NJ.com: "The work will be paid for by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, city Business Administrator Joe DeMarco said. The bi-state agency pledged $2 million to Bayonne for improvements in the area as part of the "Raise the Roadway" Bayonne Bridge construction project."

PANYNJ, ExpressRail post records in 2017's first half. For Railroad Career Professionals

Rail News: "Volumes through June 30 were 4.4 percent higher than during the same period in 2015, when the previous record of 3,093,789 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) was set, according to a PANYNJ press release."

Summer traffic help: Bayonne Bridge to remain open this weekend

SILive.com: "After major traffic tie-ups earlier this month on New Jersey-Staten Island crossings, the Port Authority will continue to shift when it closes bridges for construction, keeping the Bayonne Bridge open this weekend to minimize congestion from summer travelers."

Port of NY & NJ reports cargo volumes for H1 2017

Portnews: "This summer’s completion of navigational clearance on the $1.6 billion Bayonne Bridge project was a major game changer for this port, and we believe will be a catalyst for continued port growth as the world’s biggest, modern, fuel efficient vessels can now call on our terminals,” said Port Department Director Molly Campbell. “Moving forward, we will continue to work with all our stakeholders to further enhance our ability to handle these record levels of cargo to maintain our designation as the East Coast’s premier port."

Port of NY & NJ Welcomes Largest Boxship Ever

Maritime Executive: "The Berlin measures longer than 1,200 feet; to date, the ships calling New York and New Jersey terminals have been 1,000 feet long and under. The newly completed Bayonne Bridge clearance project made her arrival possible. "

Port Authority finalizes plan to open Bayonne Bridge on Sundays

NJ.com: "Port Authority officials said yesterday that the Bayonne Bridge, normally closed for construction on weekends, will open at 3 p.m. Sundays and hopefully alleviate some of the massive traffic jams that have occurred the past two weekends."

Bayonne Bridge will be open Sunday nights

NJ.com: "Any weekend closings will end on Sunday afternoon to allow the bridge to absorb some of the traffic heading back to New York from the Jersey Shore and other destinations."

First 13,000 TEU Containership Transits Under New York and New Jersey's Raised Bayonne Bridge – gCaptain

gCaptain: At 13,208 TEU, the Berlin measures more than 1,200 feet in length. It is now the largest vessel to transit under the Bayonne Bridge, which was only recently raised to a height of 215 feet (65.5 meters) from its original 151 foot (46 meter) vessel passage clearance. Previously, the air draft clearance of the bridge limited the size of ships able to call at the port, but it’s now possible for larger ships to enter Newark Bay without any air draft issues.

Jersey traffic nightmare results in Bayonne Bridge opening Sunday night | SILive.com

SILive.com: "In response to traveler concerns and what has become record volumes of traffic going over the Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge this summer, we will no longer close the Bayonne Bridge on Sunday nights," said Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman. "Any weekend closings will end on Sunday afternoon to allow the bridge to absorb some of the traffic heading back to New York from the Jersey Shore and other destinations."

DMV cracks down on toll evaders by suspending registrations

New York Post: "The PA’s new Bayonne Bridge and the Thruway Authority’s Tappan Zee Bridge are also cashless."

BAYONNE BRIDGE TO CLOSE THIS WEEKEND FOR ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (via Public): "The Bayonne Bridge will be closed this weekend - from 11:59 p.m. Friday, July 14, through 5 a.m. Monday, July 17 - to accommodate ongoing construction work on the crossing."

Getting your way around Staten Island via mass transit

SILive.com: "New Jersey Transit's Hudson-Bergen Light Rail opened in the spring of 2000 and the closest station to the Island is at 8th Street in Bayonne, a five-minute, drive from the Bayonne Bridge, which is undergoing a massive reconstruction project.

Or, Islanders can board the MTA's limited-run S89 line along Richmond Avenue during weekday rush hours only, go over the Bayonne Bridge and get off at the first stop, the 34th Street Hudson-Bergen station. Construction delays may interrupt service, so it's best to check the MTA website for advisories."

Port of NY/NJ box volume growth continues in May

American Shipper: "Looking ahead, the port could potentially expect an even further increase in cargo volumes, in the wake of the port authority recently completing a multiyear project to raise the height of the Bayonne Bridge between New Jersey and Staten Island to allow ships over 9,800 TEUs to call terminals west of the bridge."

Study: The Port Authority Is Still Choking Newark Residents With Truck Exhaust

Village Voice: "Last month, the first of a series of massive ships entered Port Newark thanks to the raising of the Bayonne Bridge, which will allow larger ships coming through the expanded Panama Canal to reach New York’s port. The increase in cargo container load will lead to more trucks on Newark’s streets, as the region lacks any substantive rail freight options for local delivery."

Cashless tolling on Verrazano begins: What you need to know

SILive.com: "Along with the Port Authority's Bayonne Bridge, the Verrazano joins the RFK Bridge, Henry Hudson Bridge, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, Queens Midtown Tunnel, Cross Bay Bridge and Marine Parkway Bridge in eliminating the need to stop and pay a toll."

Closures At Bayonne Bridge, George Washington Bridge, Holland Tunnel

CBS New York: "The Bayonne Bridge will be closed this weekend, the Port Authority said. Traffic will be detoured via 5th Street in Bayonne initially Friday night, though as of Saturday the detour will run through Avenue A. As of Monday, the bridge will be closed from 7 p.m.-5 a.m. daily, through Friday."

Hello? Bayonne Bridge?

Roads & Bridges: " After the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge visit, I had my sights set on the Bayonne Bridge project. Crews have installed a new road deck 64 ft above the original deck, which was built back in 1931, and traffic has been moving on the new part since February, but there is still a lot of work to be done on the travel lanes. There will be two 12-ft-wide lanes in each direction, the inner and outer shoulders, and a shared-use path for cyclists and pedestrians. The job is supposed to be completed in 2019, and I thought it would be a great idea to use the 360° camera to drive over the bridge and then capture flat and full-circle images on the other parts still under construction. I have reached out to the owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, several times via phone and email. My messages have not been returned. I relaunched my search after several weeks of dead ends and reached out to a second person with the Port Authority. The person told me not to worry, that someone would reach out to me soon. Finally, words were exchanged and a human connection was established. However, this person quickly fell into the mysterious abyss that appears to be lashing its tongue around anyone I try and contact at the public affairs office and pulling them down into a depth of nothingness."

A perfect game Little League team goes undefeated

Hudson Reporter: "Little League Baseball is a long-held tradition in Bayonne. After all, legend has it that the game was invented only a few miles north. Every year, elementary-school-age kids from across the city compete at the picturesque Dennis P. Collins Park, where the Bayonne Bridge is so close it could catch a home run."

Smooth sailing for big ships through Bayonne Bridge to call NY-NY port

SeaNews: "Ports along the US East Coast are closely watching the bridge opening, believing that with the height restriction removed more large vessels will come through the expanded Panama Canal - opened a year ago - and along the coast to stop at the major New York-New Jersey terminals."

Bayonne Bridge Daily Schedule: July 3 - 7, 2017

City of Bayonne, NJ - Official Website: "Next weekend, the Bayonne Bridge will perform a Full Weekend Closure (FWC). The bridge will close at 11:59 pm Friday, July 7, and reopen by 5:00 am Monday, July 10."

TRAVEL ADVISORY - LANE CLOSINGS SCHEDULED FOR HOLLAND TUNNEL; BAYONNE BRIDGE WORK SUSPENDED FOR JULY 4 HOLIDAY - WorldNews

WorldNews: " Work on the Bayonne Bridge will be suspended for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, and will resume on July 5."