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."