The township was recently awarded a $1.272 million Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). The grant will be used to design, permit, and construct two multi-use pathways, totaling approximately 1,800 linear feet in length, that will lead up to, and then off of, the proposed new Schalks Crossing Road bridge.
The current bridge, constructed in 1948, is very narrow with no shoulder, sidewalk, or pathway for pedestrians or bicyclists. The NJDOT plans to replace the bridge in 2024-2025 and those plans include the construction of a shared bicycle/pedestrian pathway over the new bridge structure. The multi-use ten-foot wide pathway on the bridge will to be constructed and extend along the project limits to each end and abruptly terminate once off the bridge. This grant funding will allow the construction of two pathways: one north of the project’s limits, measuring approximately 800 feet and connecting with Serina Drive as well as one south of the project limits, measuring approximately 1,000 feet and connecting with Wyndhurst Drive. Each pathway section will be hard surfaced with asphalt and will be eight feet wide.
“We are very appreciative of this NJDOT multi-use pathway grant for such an important project that will connect Plainsboro’s Village Center and the Princeton Collections neighborhood, and thank the representatives of the 14th Legislative District, Senator Greenstein and Assemblymen Benson and DeAngelo, for supporting our grant request”, stated Mayor Peter Cantu.