On February 17th, Governor Murphy, Congressman Norcross, Senate
President Sweeney together with local and county officials
announced $250 Million for the redevelopment of the Walter
Rand Transportation Center (WRTC) in Camden, NJ. This will
be the center's first major renovation since opening in
1989.
The WRTC Improvement Project will upgrade and enlarge the existing
facility and accommodate future transit development and the
potential for new retail, office, housing and hospitality
opportunities utilizing Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) design
standards.
The project will ultimately replace the existing facility with an
expanded multi-purpose transit center that in intended to provide
an improved link for transportation in South Jersey and serve as an
interlink to between the NJ Transit bus system, and the light rail
systems of PATCO and the River
Line.
It has been reported that NJ TRANSIT plans to issue an RFP from
qualified professional firms to conduct Conceptual Design,
Preliminary Engineering, Final Design Engineering, and Construction
Assistance for the WRTC Improvement Project.
Duane Morris has an active team of lawyers who engage in the public-private partnership (P-3) space where State based incentives are often critical to the success of a project.
If you have any questions or thoughts, please contact
Brad A. Molotsky, Mike Barz, Paul Josephson, Sheila Slocum
Hollis, or any of the Duane Morris lawyers you regularly
engage with.
Be well and stay safe.
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Originally Published by Duane Morris, February 2021
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