River Vale and Waldwick becomes 54th and 55th municipalities to call for wider GWB paths

The Township of River Vale and Borough of Waldwick called upon the Port Authority to widen the bicycle-pedestrian paths on the GWB to comply with national standards as part of the upcoming $1.9 billion restoration.

They become the 54th and 55th municipalities concerned with the impact to regional tourism, public health, property taxes, sustainability and resilience annually worth hundreds of millions of dollars. And that wider GWB paths would spur implementation of a connected grid such as envisioned in the Bergen Park Master Plan and Northern Valley Greenway. Current list:

Allendale, Alpine, Bergenfield, Bogota, Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, Closter, Cresskill, Demarest, Dumont, East Newark, Edgewater, Elmwood Park, Emerson, Englewood Cliffs, Fair Lawn, Fairview, Fort Lee, Garfield, Glen Rock, Guttenberg, Hackensack, Haledon, Harrington Park, Hasbrouck Heights, Haworth, Hawthorne, Hillsdale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Kearney, Leonia, Little Ferry, Lodi, Mahwah, Midland Park, Montvale, New Milford, North Bergen, Northvale, Norwood, Oradell, Paramus, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park, River Vale, Rochelle Park, Saddle River, Secaucus, South Hackensack, Teaneck, Tenafly, Waldwick West New York

“Despite the 23 mile distance, Glen Rock has a surprisingly large number of bicycle commuters and we’d love to see this number grow as each additional biker is potentially one less car on the road.” – Borough of Glen Rock

“The planned renovation presents a unique opportunity to build sidewalks that would be able to safely and comfortably accommodate the increasing number of pedestrians and bicyclists expected to use the bridge in the decades to come.” – Borough of New Milford

“We believe that widened GWB paths will enhance sustainability and resilience as well as competitiveness and tourism throughout the region. Widened paths will connect communities on both side of the Hudson river for travel, exercise and commuting.” – Borough of Englewood Cliffs

“We believe that the upcoming $1.9 billion reconstruction, during which the already overcrowded paths will be ripped out and restored, represents the ideal opportunity.” – Borough of Tenafly

“Over the past several years, the Borough has installed bike lanes, promoted bicycle safety and has served as the host community to bicycle races and similar functions. Widening the paths would serve as a perfect complement to improvements and policies that we, and neighboring communities, have implemented.” – Borough of Fort Lee

Complete George is an ad hoc coalition of 220 organizations, businesses and communities calling on the Port Authority to widen the bicycle-pedestrian paths on the George Washington Bridge to comply with national standards as part of the upcoming recabling.

Contact:

Neile Weissman
917 446 6002
neileweissman@gmail.com