Hudson Reporter
Improvements coming to Newark Avenue pedestrian plaza
Jersey City Council approves $6.7 million construction contract ×
Construction on the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza is scheduled to begin this April.
The Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza, in Downtown Jersey City, will undergo a major overhaul now that the city council adopted a resolution approving a nearly $6.7 million construction contract.
The pedestrian mall was first closed to vehicles in 2015 as an experiment to limit traffic and create a pedestrian destination, according to the city.
It was then expanded to a second block in 2018 and further expanded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic to include portions of Grove Street between Montgomery Street and Christopher Columbus Drive as well as First Street and Newark Avenue.